Annal: 1992 Edgar Allan Poe Award® for Best Paperback Original

A big shot cop from Internal Affairs is found dead in a Hell’s Kitchen alley. The official report says the shooter was a local lowlife, but Detective Joe Dante knows that the cops from Internal Affairs have more enemies on the Force than off it. Was the cop murdered by one of his own? As Dante presses his investigation, the department closes ranks, and soon Dante must put his own life on the line to stop the killer from striking again…