<p>In the shadows of unbearable tragedy, an unlikelykilling machine begins a one-man war tobring a city to its knees -- a battle that will touchthe lives of its eight million citizens including:</p>a writer on the verge of a breakthrough<br><br>a charismatic ex-police commissioner -- and the inside choice for the next mayor -- on the edge of a breakdown<br><br>a beautiful, sophisticated art dealerplumbing the depths of her own fiercesexuality<br><br>a defense attorney who prefers murdertrials because there's one less witness<br><br>an ex-addict who has turned being cleaninto a living, mopping up after New York'snightlife<p>Pulsating with the lives of its denizens -- bartenders and hookers, power brokers andpoliticos, cops and secretaries, editors anddreamers -- Lawrence Block's electrifying newnovel reveals the small town at the heart of theBig Apple in all its power, terror, and starkbeauty.</p>
