Payback: A Novel

Payback is personal for a former NYPD detective taking on a corrupt cop and a dirty accounting firm in this adrenaline-laced thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers and Tin Badges. "Carcaterra´s keen eye and deft style bring New York City to stunning life. A brilliant thriller by one of the all-time greats."--Jeffery Deaver, #1 internationally bestselling author If there´s one kind of person Tank Rizzo hates most in this world, it´s a dirty cop. Criminals are at least honest about being dishonest; dirty cops are a disgrace to the badge they carry. Detective Eddie Kenwood is one such disgrace. He´s got the highest signed-confession rate in the NYPD and a distinguished career built on putting men behind bars--whether they´re guilty or not doesn´t matter much to him. When Tank´s partner, Pearl, tells him about an old family friend Kenwood put in jail for a murder he didn´t commit, Tank and Pearl vow to take Kenwood down. Also in need of a takedown: the money-laundering accounting firm where Tank´s brother used to work--before he mysteriously died, leaving Tank the sole guardian of his nephew, Chris. Chris smells a rat, and enlists Tank´s help to bring the men who had his father killed to justice. Working two big cases means getting out the big guns, and Tank assembles his A-team. With help from a retired mobster, a professional boxer, a Chelsea psychic, a dog named Gus, and the U.S. Attorney--not to mention his and Pearl´s own quick wits and Chris´s burgeoning skills as a computer whiz--Tank gears up to take on his most dangerous and personal cases to date.