The Devil You Know: 13 (Erin O'Reilly Mysteries)

Mobsters are just like politicians but more honestA family trip to the museum goes sideways for Erin OReilly when a drugged disoriented young woman stumbles into her on the street. The girl pleads for help and leads Erin to a parked car where a man lies dead of an apparent drug overdose. A simple investigation quickly derails when the victim turns out to be the son of a prominent politician. The grieving father locked in a tight reelection struggle doesnt want to cooperate with the police. Soon Erin finds herself embroiled in political backstabbing and under-the-table dealing.To make matters worse shes also running afoul of the darker politics of the New York underworld. While she and her lover Morton Carlyle slowly build their case against the Irish Mob Erin confronts notorious Mafia underboss Vinnie The Oil Man trying to find the links between the Mobs drug trade and a death that has begun to look more and more like an assassination. Erin will need her wits street smarts and her K-9 Rolfs sharp nose and relentless drive if shes going to unravel this conspiracy.