Ex-black-ops-specialist-turned-strip-club-bouncer Joe Brody has a new
qualifica-tion to add to his resume: an alliance of New York City's mob
bosses has deemed him its "sheriff." In the straight world, when you
"see something" you "say something" to the law. In the bent world, they
call Joe.
Still reeling from a particularly difficult operation, and having
plummeted back into the drug and alcohol addiction that got him kicked
out of the military as a re-sult, Joe has just managed to detox at the
clinic of a Chinese herbalist when the mob bosses phone: they need Joe
to help them swindle a group of opioid dealers (of all things). But
these are no typical drug-ferrying gangsters. Little Maria, the head of
the Dominican mob, has discovered that her new heroin suppliers belong
to an al Qaeda splinter group, and that they're planning to use their
drug funds to back their terrorist agenda. With Joe in command, the mob
coalition must pull off an intricate heist that will begin in
Manhattan's diamond district. At stake is not only their business, but
the state of the world.
For readers who like a liberal dose of humor mixed with gritty crime,
The Hard Stuff is a brilliant, action-packed thriller from a fresh
virtuoso of the crime caper genre.
