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True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop
Doubleday
May 2015
On Sale: April 21, 2015
272 pages
ISBN: 0385539622
EAN: 9780385539623
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
"How ya doin?"
With these four syllables,
delivered in an unmistakably authentic New York accent,
Steve Osborne has riveted thousands of people through the
legendary storytelling outfit The Moth (and over a million
times on their website) with his hilarious, profane, and
touching tales from his twenty years served as an NYPD
street cop. Steve Osborne is the real deal, people, the
tough streetwise New York cop of your dreams, one with a big
big heart. Kojak? NYPD
Blue? Law &
Order? Fuggedaboutem! The
Job blows them out of the water with this
unputdownable book.
Steve Osborne has seen a
thing or two in his twenty years in the NYPD—some harmless
things, some definitely not. In "Stakeout," Steve and his
partner mistake a Manhattan dentist for an armed robbery
suspect and reduce the man down to a puddle of snot and
tears when questioning him. In "Mug Shot," the mother of a
suspected criminal makes a strange request and provides a
sobering reminder of the humanity at stake in his
profession. And in "Home," the image of his family provides
the adrenaline he needs to fight for his life when assaulted
by two armed and violent crackheads. From his days as a
rookie cop to the time spent patrolling in the Anti-Crime
Unit—and his visceral, harrowing recollections of working
during 9/11—Steve Osborne's stories capture both the
absurdity of police work and the bravery of those who do it.
His stories will speak to those nostalgic for the New York
City of the 1980s and '90s, a bygone era of when the city
was a crazier, more dangerous (and possibly more
interesting) place.
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