Descent into Hell

Corona, New York, 1946. In a time when Italians are the unwelcomed foreigners, Francis Robert Sullivan, known to everyone as Buddy, is half-Irish, half-Italian, and determined to be a cop. Fighting the Nazis in Europe, Buddy thought he'd seen the worst men could do to each other, and he still believes in fighting for right, like his dead hero, Joe Petrosino, the Italian Sherlock Holmes, of the New York Police Department at the turn of the 20th century. But Buddy soon learns that right...
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Corona, New York, 1946. In a time when Italians are the unwelcomed foreigners, Francis Robert Sullivan, known to everyone as Buddy, is half-Irish, half-Italian, and determined to be a cop. Fighting the Nazis in Europe, Buddy thought he'd seen the worst men could do to each other, and he still believes in fighting for right, like his dead hero, Joe Petrosino, the Italian Sherlock Holmes, of the New York Police Department at the turn of the 20th century. But Buddy soon learns that right and wrong are sometimes different sides of the same coin.Brought onto a special task force, led by Precinct Captain Michael Lewis, the team consists of Buddy, Darnell James, Steve Morgan, and Ryan O'Malley. Captain Lewis, in league with the FBI, conducts the investigation, but all meetings and discussions are held outside of the 110 Precinct, because there is a leak in the department and he can't find it. Their assignment is to bust a crime ring involved in smuggling diamonds, drugs and guns, and is centered in the Italian-American ghetto of Corona, New York. This is Buddy's beloved community, but he finds himself on a collisions course with dangerous criminals, and a diabolical scheme. lRight and wrong are still well defined to Buddy until he finds discovers a woman standing between him and the brilliant, devious criminals. Buddy learns that doing the right thing can go disastrously wrong, especially when that women is his sister, Lena. She holds the success or failure or each man in her hands. Will good overcome evil? Who will win and who will die? But life and death aren't the only stakes in this game.A FAST PACED ONE SITTING READ!