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Jack Warren, a young officer who's been working in a virtually crime-free area, is now moving into Toronto's notorious 51 Division. Suddenly, he's entered a dangerous downtown world where drugs and prostitution are rampant—and he's immediately thrown into a brutal war against a dealer intent on taking over the city's trade.
Warren soon discovers that no one is safe from the dealer's quest for domination when the war turns horrifically personal. Working with the division's elite major-crime unit, Warren learns there is an imperceptible yet enormous difference between the law and justice—and being a police officer and surviving in the 51.
"Canadian policeman Pilkey writes from firsthand experience in his gritty procedural debut . . . Charts the stresses the dangerous job puts on Jack's marriage, the us-against-them mentality that binds patrol cops, the off-duty cop parties to blow off steam, and the way the 51 can change good cops to bad." —Publishers Weekly
"Loaded with insider info and a cop's-eye view of the city. Devotees of urban cop tales will eat this up." —The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- ISBN: 9781554906888
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- ISBN: 9781554906888
- File size: 1551 KB
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March 8, 2010
Canadian policeman Pilkey writes from firsthand experience in his gritty procedural debut, which introduces Jack Warren, a six-year veteran of the Toronto force who moves from a relatively quiet sector to the violent 51 Division. Drugs, prostitution, robberies, and domestic abuse are rampant, Jack soon discovers, while an aggressive new crack cocaine dealer, who's calling his product “Black,” is exacerbating the violence. Pilkey charts the stresses the dangerous job puts on Jack's marriage, the us-against-them mentality that binds patrol cops, the off-duty cop parties to blow off steam, and the way the 51 can change good cops to bad. A deadly confrontation with the chief suspect responsible for Black forces Jack to face the inadequacy of the legal system as well as the possibility of taking the law into his own hands. Pilkey's insider knowledge and his restraint in romanticizing Jack and his comrades more than compensate for the at times stilted narrative. -
May 1, 2010
When an organized drug gang starts selling crack dyed black, Division 51 of the Toronto Police gets the brunt of the action, and street cop Jack Warren and his partner face the ugly realities of crime in their city. VERDICT Pilkey, a veteran of Division 51, writes with authority in this first of a planned trilogy. His characters ring true, and the gritty side of Toronto shows. For lovers of hard-boiled police procedurals.Copyright 2010 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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