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Bronx Angel (Anthony Ryan and Joe Gregory, Bk 2)
Bronx Angel - Anthony Ryan and Joe Gregory, Bk 2 Author:Ed Dee This excellent procedural covers several days in the lives of New York City detectives Anthony Ryan and Joe Gregory, who were introduced in 14 Peck Slip. Ryan is a family man and a recovering alcoholic, and he's even computer literate; he uses his home PC to track the notes of his open cases. He's not nostalgic about the old days,... more » and he accepts the diversity of the modern NYPD. Gregory, divorced and edgy, is more old-fashioned. He's not adverse to using a little muscle to get information, and he's enthusiastically campaigning to be elected president of the Emerald Society, a vestigial fraternal club from the days when the NYPD was composed almost entirely of Irish men. The partners are investigating the murder of a cop in the Bronx, apparently by a hooker. Dee, a retired New York detective, has created an eclectic mix of characters. His cops are tired and wary but not burned out. They still care about nailing the bad guys; they've just surrendered some of their quixotic notions to the realities of the street.« less