Allen Zadoff was born in Boston, Mass and went on to live in upstate New York, Manhattan, Tokyo, and Los Angeles. A former stage director, he is a graduate of Cornell University and the Harvard University Institute for Advanced Theater Training. His memoir for adults is called Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat(…)
The Smack Man
Book Number 3 in the Joe Ryker Series.
Someone is slipping hot-shots–strychnine-laced heroin–to New York’s hookers. Sgt. Joe Ryker couldn’t care less, but the corpses are starting to litter his beat.When the brass teams him up with a beautiful detective and a cop posing as her pimp, Ryker’s just along for the ride–until one of his partners ends up dead.
Suddenly the big-fisted cop is crashing through Manhattan’s neon hell, rousting every pimp and pusher he can find. He’s on a collision course with a killer, and anyone who gets in his way is going to pay the price…