Every crime has its price, but for one woman, the cost may be too high
Elena Vargas is a material witness to a homicide, the shooting of a foot soldier in an international mob cartel. But the sultry call girl and sometime-mistress of gang lord Enzo Giardino claims to have seen and heard nothing.
Desperate to make a case against Giardino, the district attorney offers Vargas protective custody in exchange for betraying her lover. But no one can make her talk. The case blows sky high when a ledger is discovered, naming names and detailing the operations of a criminal enterprise that stretches to the highest levels of government.
Going on nothing but gut instinct, New York Police Department cop Christie Opara uncovers something in VargasοΏ½s past that could give them the leverage they need. ItοΏ½s a secret that will reverberate in both womenοΏ½s lives as Christie edges closer to the truth about a mother and child . . . and an answer that has been there all along.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy Uhnak including rare images from the authorοΏ½s estate.
About the Author
Dorothy Uhnak (1930οΏ½2006) was the bestselling, award-winning author of nine novels and one work of nonfiction. Policewoman, a memoir about her life as a New York City transit police detective, was written while Uhnak was still in uniform. The Bait (1968), her first novel, won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel. She went on to hit the bestseller lists with novels including Law and Order (1973) and The Investigation (1977). Uhnak has been credited with paving the way for authors such as Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, and many others who write crime novels and police procedurals with strong heroines. Her books have been translated into fifteen languages. οΏ½