Lady Gold - Gerry Conte, Bk 1 Author:Angela Amato, Joe Sharkey Gerry Conte is one of the youngest female cops in the NYPD to earn a "gold shield." She's not only rock-solid tough, but also a smart cookie in her third year of law school. A last minute substitute in an Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) sting, Conte dives headlong into the fight to infiltrate the infamous Giavanni crime family. F... more »eeling that the mob gives good Italian-Americans like herself a bad rap, this surprise assignment becomes personal. She wants to help bring down Salvatore Messina, the Glitz Godfather, so bad she can taste it. So she cultivates a relationship with a mobster-turned-snitch, Eugene Rossi, nephew of an underboss who is closely linked with Messina.
As any good cop knows, trust is her biggest weapon, and Conte goes deep. But what happens when that trust becomes real? Could a two-bit hood and decorated detective ever be friends? And if so, what will that mean for Conte's career -- and her life?« less