Hostile Takeovers by Michael A. Black
In this second book in the Leal and Hart series, Michael A. Black explores the world of cops and the two tracks in which police officers work and live. A burgeoning turf war between rival drug lords threatens to escalate, and Leal takes things personally when one of his informants is murdered. Hart has been reassigned to patrol in an impoverished suburb while Leal has his hands full with a group of robbers who are operating with the precision of a miltary unit. The circle continues to tighten as it bulids to a sudden and violent confrontation.
"Black brings the same inside knowledge of police investigations and politics readers get from Joseph Wambaugh." --- Sara Paretsky
"Black breathes new life into the genre." ---Andrew Vachss
Michael A. Black is the author of fourteen books. He has a BA in English and an MFA in fiction writing. He has worked as a police officer in the south suburbs of Chicago for the past thrity years. He has also written two novels with television star Richard Belzer (Law & Order SVU). Black's novels incude four in the award winning Ron Shade series as well as his most recent books, Random Victim and Hostile Takeovers in the Leal and Hart series
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