Angol
Written by a cop with twenty-five years on the streets, these thirteen stories focus on crime and its' ramifications as seen through the eyes of cops, criminals, and victims. As the characters wind their way through foot pursuits, gun fights, first dates, and lonely nights, it becomes clear that the pursuit of justice is as murky now as it ever was.
The collection begins in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, when two veteran cops pursue a would-be rapist into a sprawling homeless shelter, with disastrous consequences for everyone involved. In Bullets over Bourbon, an exhausted detective leaves work only to walk in on an armed robbery of a liquor store in Queens, forcing him to make decisions no cop should have to. In Bed-Stuy Burning, a disfigured young loner with a price on his head takes refuge in a dark, trash-filled house. But the thugs he's pissed off will stop at nothing to see him finally burnt to ashes. In Up Close and Personal, two Brooklyn detectives come face to face with a man who may very well be The Devil. Years earlier, these same two detectives were patrol cops who investigated a modern-day "whodunnit" in Jasmine.
Often violent, always gritty and real, these stories shed a little light on the shadowy back alleys running behind the scenes of modern city life.
