Payback

<p><strong><em>Payback</em> is personal for a former NYPD detective taking on a corrupt cop and a dirty accounting firm in this adrenaline-laced thriller from the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Sleepers</em> and <em>Tin Badges</em>.</strong><br /><br /><strong>"Carcaterra's keen eye and deft style bring New York City to stunning life. A brilliant thriller by one of the all-time greats."&mdash;Jeffery Deaver, #1 internationally bestselling author</strong><br /><br /> If there's one kind of person Tank Rizzo hates most in this world, it's a dirty cop. Criminals are at least honest about being dishonest; dirty cops are a disgrace to the badge they carry. Detective Eddie Kenwood is one such disgrace. He's got the highest signed-confession rate in the NYPD and a distinguished career built on putting men behind bars<strong>&mdash;</strong>whether they're guilty or not doesn't matter much to him. When Tank's partner, Pearl, tells him about an old family friend Kenwood put in jail for a murder he didn't commit, Tank and Pearl vow to take Kenwood down.<br /><br /> Also in need of a takedown: the money-laundering accounting firm where Tank's brother used to work<strong>&mdash;</strong>before he mysteriously died, leaving Tank the sole guardian of his nephew, Chris. Chris smells a rat, and enlists Tank's help to bring the men who had his father killed to justice.<br /><br /> Working two big cases means getting out the big guns, and Tank assembles his A-team. With help from a retired mobster, a professional boxer, a Chelsea psychic, a dog named Gus, and the U.S. Attorney<strong>&mdash;</strong>not to mention his and Pearl's own quick wits and Chris' burgeoning skills as a computer whiz<strong>&mdash;</strong>Tank gears up to take on his most dangerous and personal cases to date.</p>