Denny swears to keep his fellow ‘brothers’ safe, that he’s not just covering his own butt. Initially, he thinks this might be his ace in the hole. While the feds may have him against the wall, Denny knows things no one would want the public to hear about. To complicate matters further, Denny is separated from his wife and kids, and is involved in an interracial relationship with a nurse who happens to have a problem with heroin. Stealing drugs and skimming copious amounts of cash from a major drug bust, Denny is now under the watchful eye of the Feds, while the racial atmosphere in his city is threatening to boil over at any moment. But his badge is tarnished, and his dirty deeds are coming home to roost. He’s seen it all in his eighteen years of service. Denny Malone- a cop- NYPD, the member of an elite group. The Force by Don Winslow is a 2017 William Morrow publication. Full of shocking twists, this is a morally complex and riveting dissection of the controversial issues confronting society today. Now he’s caught in a trap and being squeezed by the Feds, and he must walk a thin line of betrayal, while the city teeters on the brink of a racial conflagration that could destroy them all.ĭon Winslow’s latest novel is a haunting story of greed and violence, inequality and race, and a searing portrait of a city on the edge of an abyss.

What only a few know is that Denny Malone himself is dirty: he and his partners have stolen millions of dollars in drugs and cash.

For eighteen years he’s been on the front lines, doing whatever it takes to survive in a city built by ambition and corruption, where no one is clean. At the right priceĭetective sergeant Denny Malone leads an elite unit to fight gangs, drugs and guns in New York. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel – winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller of the Year – comes The Force, a cinematic epic as explosive, powerful, and unforgettable as The Wire.Įveryone can be bought.

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