The obvious suspect is local drug lord tio paco, but stuart discovers a dirtier. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. A candy store one block west of mcgoldrick park, its a neighborhood landmark, the place where brooklynites come. Caunitzs knowledge of life inside an urban police force is extraordinary.
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Caunitz retired from the police force in 1984 and turned. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Caunitz was a new york city police department officer who used his own experiences to write bestselling thrillers. William caunitz, the author of one police plaza and suspects, is a sympathetic and realistic chronicler of what members of the new york police department refer to as the job. Caunitz used his thirty years of new york city police department experience for background in writing numerous novels depicting police corruption. In 1985, caunitz published his first literary work, one police plaza, which gave readers a behindthescenes look at the way real cops behave. However, the more mamet wrote, the more his story diverged from the source material until, with caunitzs blessing, mamet left suspects behind entirely. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. A candy store one block west of mcgoldrick park, its. Suspects william caunitz a double murder leads a cop into the darkest corners of the nypd in greenpoint, everyone comes to yettas.
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