opening line - "When they sank the Holland Tunnel eighty feet into the Hudson River back in 1926, everybody saw a golden age for New York and Jersey City on opposite ends." 4th and 5th line - "What happened was New York got all the gold and left Jersey City only the age. It just got older."

Well, those lines sank me right in to this book! And the crisp banter between Cooper and Jarrett immediately following had me hooked hard! Really, the dialogue throughout was just superb and the highlight of the book! A detective novel, rat-a-tat-tat dialogue, and Jersey - what more could a guy like me ask for?

"Jersey tomatoes was mob talk for dynamite...", Christians Anonymous, and homosexual hitmen, make this a book to add to your must read list! ( )