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RIZZO'S WAR

Rizzo's War, October 2009
by Lou Manfredo

Minotaur Books
304 pages
ISBN: 0312538057
EAN: 9780312538057
Hardcover
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"A peek into the gritty world of being a police detective."

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RIZZO'S WAR
Lou Manfredo

Reviewed by Vicky Gilpin
Posted September 16, 2009

Mystery Police Procedural

When Mike McQueen gets partnered with Joe Rizzo, he is initially fooled by Rizzo's apparent lack of ambition and enthusiasm. However, McQueen quickly learns that Rizzo's instincts are spot on, and his connections within the city, the precinct and beyond can turn a great cop into an excellent cop. With Internal Affairs breathing down their necks, Rizzo and McQueen may not get to discover what the combination of veteran street-smarts and a college grad's ambition can get them.

A fast-paced action tale, RIZZO'S WAR makes readers ask the question of whether there is a right or wrong in any situation.

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SUMMARY

Rizzo’s War, Lou Manfredo’s stunningly
authenticΒ debut,Β partners a rookie detectiveΒ with a
seasoned veteran on his way to retirement in Bensonhurst,
Brooklyn.β€œThere’s no wrong, there’s no right, there just
is.” This is the refrain of Joe Rizzo, a decades-long
veteran of the NYPD, as he passes on the knowledge of his
years of experience to his ambitious new partner, Mike
McQueen, over a year of riding together as detectives in
the Sixty-second Precinct in Bensonhurst,
Brooklyn.Β McQueen is fresh from the beat in Manhattan, and
Bensonhurst might as well be China for how different it
is.Β They work on several cases, some big, some small, but
the lesson is always the same.Β Whether it’s a simple
robbery or an attempted assault,Β Rizzo’s saying always
seems to bear out.When the two detectives are given the
delicate task of finding and returning the runaway
daughter of a city councilman, who may or may not be more
interested in something his daughter has takenΒ with
herΒ than in her safety, the situation is much more
complex.Β By the end of Rizzo and McQueen’s year together,
however, McQueen is not surprised to discover that even in
those more complicated cases, Rizzo is still rightβ€”there’s
no wrong, there’s no right, there just is.Rizzo’s War is
an introduction to a wonderful new voice in crime fiction
in the Big Apple, ringing with authenticity, full of
personality, and taut with the suspense of real, everyday
life in the big city.Β 

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