Manhattan North Narcotics: Chasing the Kilo Fairy

Manhattan North Narcotics: Chasing the Kilo Fairy

Jimmy McTigue and the boys from Manhattan North Narcotics are doing â€œGodâ€™s work,â€ making collars and kicking down doors up above 96th Street in places like Harlem, Spanish Harlem, and Washington Heightsâ€”all the while having laughs. But when movie star Meg Cassidy; Artie Levin, her obnoxious agent; and the up-and-coming rapper he represents (hip-hopping about Jihad, no less) arrive on the scene, things are bound to get diceyâ€”and they do!
This is Jake McNicholasâ€™s first novel and if it seems that the â€œcop talkâ€ is authentic, itâ€™s because McNicholas is a retired NYPD Detective. "Manhattan North: Chasing the Kilo Fairy" is replete with the sarcasm, humor and political incorrectness one would expect from a bunch of working cops. Itâ€™s a roller coaster ride that will have you screaming for moreâ€”before you even climb the first hill.

HIGH MARKS for
"Manhattan North Narcotics: Chasing the Kilo Fairy"

â€œThis book captures every nuance of the surreal, sublime, grit, charm, and danger of being a narcotics detective in Manhattan North, which figuratively speaking is about a million miles from Midtown. Jake McNicholas takes you on wild ride in this wonderfully unique, engaging, illuminating and frightening tale of what it really means to chase the kilo fairy â€“ one vial at a time.â€

â€”Robert Mladinich, author or co-author of four books, including "From the Mouth of the Monster: The Joel Rifkin Story" and "Undisclosed Files of the Police: Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present." He is also the writer and editor of "Frontline," the publication for the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association.

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â€œJake McNicholas brings the dangerous world of narcotics enforcement in New York City to life like no other. The cops are gritty, witty and sometimes giddy. Readers tag along with main characters, Detective Jimmy McTigue and his partner Bobby Washington onto the narcotics sets, the borough office and afterhours hangouts feeling as if theyâ€™re part of the team. The banter between the cops, who simultaneously seem to love and hate their job, is brutally honest. McNicholas knows their work as well as anybody, and politics be damned, does not hold anything back. It might be fiction, but one thing is for certain, McNicholas give readers an insiderâ€™s view of the 'Godâ€™s work' being performed everyday by the brave men and women assigned to the NYPDâ€™s Narcotic Division.â€

â€”Bernard Whalen, NYPD Lieutenant, is co-author of "Justifiable Homicide; The NYPDâ€™s First Fifty Yearsâ€”Politicians, Police Commissioners, and Patrolmen"; and "Undisclosed Files of the Polilceâ€”Cases From the Archives of the NYPD."

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â€œJake McNicholas has hit it out of the park with his first novel about the gritty and violent world faced by NYPD narcotics detectives. He shows his detectives to be as I know them to be: ordinary, yet dedicated, working men and women who reflect, in their war-zone humor and personalities, what it's like to work almost daily in an atmosphere besieged by crime. The plot is intriguing, the characters are well developed, and the writing style makes for engrossing, difficult-to-take-a-break-from, reading. It brought me right back to my days â€˜on the job!â€™ I look forward to future writings by Mr. McNicholas.â€

â€”Christopher J. Freitag is a retired Captain, Fair Lawn, NJ, Police Department (27 years service). He was organizer and commander of the Fair Lawn Emergency Response Team (SWAT-type unit) for 15 years; an FBI Certified Firearms Instructor and firearms instructor at the Fair Lawn Police and Bergen County Police Academies. He is also co-author of the State of New Jersey Auxiliary Police Firearms Course.
Country USA
Manufacturer Escarpment Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-10-15
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Escarpment Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-10-15
Format	Kindle eBook

Manhattan North Narcotics: Chasing the Kilo Fairy

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