Richard Hammer

Author's Note The events described in this book are true and the characters are real. Except for certain interpretations and conclusions, which are the author's responsibility alone, the story is based on the recollections, files and records of Detective Sergeant Joseph J. Coffey, Jr.,...

1 April 12, 1982 Easter Monday. An ordinary day in Manhattan. The sudden, unexpected spring bhzzard that had howled across the city the previous week, leaving in its wake more than a foot of snow and a paralyzed metropolis, was now no more than an unpleasant memory. A few days of warm sun and...