Tommy the Quarterback

<h2><strong>Is one man tough enough to take on the most formidable forces- and still not lose heart? This gritty and gripping novel of a small-town murder tells the tale of one man's final chance at personal redemption-in a deadly swirl of political corruption reignited passion and a renewed purpose in what it takes to be an honest cop in Youngstown Ohio. Chief of Police Thomas P. McCarrie known as Tommy the Quarterback is a brutally honest hard-drinking divorcee who is bent on running a scrupulously fair department despite pressure from corrupt power-mongers like newly-elected mayor Carly Giustino. When the son of a police lieutenant and his girlfriend are murdered Tommy unearths links to a mafia operative named Mose Pagliaro. It's then up to Tommy to thwart the town's rotten elements. Both tough and tender this fast-paced page-turning novel paints an authentic portrait of a rusty American industrial town and the people who are duty-bound to protect it.</strong></h2>