{"product_id":"the-force-paperback-3","title":"The Force - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Winslow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstant \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest of 2017 - included on best-of lists by the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNPR, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher's Weekly, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLitHub, BookPage, Booklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheRealBookSpy.com, the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(UK) and the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaily Mail \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(UK) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Force\u003c\/em\u003e is mesmerizing, a triumph. Think \u003cem\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/em\u003e, only with cops. It's that good.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003eStephen King\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Cartel\u003c\/em\u003e--voted one of the Best Books of the Year by more than sixty publications, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e--returns with a cinematic epic as explosive, powerful, and unforgettable as \u003cem\u003eMystic River\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Wire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur ends know our beginnings, but the reverse isn't true . . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Denny Malone wants is to be a good cop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is \"the King of Manhattan North,\" a, highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of \"Da Force.\" Malone and his crew are the smartest, the toughest, the quickest, the bravest, and the baddest, an elite special unit given unrestricted authority to wage war on gangs, drugs and guns. Every day and every night for the eighteen years he's spent on the Job, Malone has served on the front lines, witnessing the hurt, the dead, the victims, the perps. He's done whatever it takes to serve and protect in a city built by ambition and corruption, where no one is clean--including Malone himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat only a few know is that Denny Malone is dirty: he and his partners have stolen millions of dollars in drugs and cash in the wake of the biggest heroin bust in the city's history. Now Malone is caught in a trap and being squeezed by the Feds, and he must walk the thin line between betraying his brothers and partners, the Job, his family, and the woman he loves, trying to survive, body and soul, while the city teeters on the brink of a racial conflagration that could destroy them all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on years of research inside the NYPD, this is the great cop novel of our time and a book only Don Winslow could write: a haunting and heartbreaking story of greed and violence, inequality and race, crime and injustice, retribution and redemption that reveals the seemingly insurmountable tensions between the police and the diverse citizens they serve. A searing portrait of a city and a courageous, heroic, and deeply flawed man who stands at the edge of its abyss, \u003cem\u003eThe Force\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterpiece of urban living full of shocking and surprising twists, leavened by flashes of dark humor, a morally complex and utterly riveting dissection of modern American society and the controversial issues confronting and dividing us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Denny Malone wants is to be a good cop. He's the king of Manhattan North, a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of \"Da Force.\" Malone and his crew are the smartest, the toughest and the baddest. What only a few know is that Denny Malone is dirty: he and his partners have stolen millions of dollars in drugs and cash. Now Malone is being squeezed by the feds, and he must walk the thin line between betraying his brothers and partners, the Job, his family and the woman he loves, and trying to survive while the city teeters on the brink of a racial conflagration that could destroy them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Force\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of greed and violence, retribution and redemption, that reveals the tensions between the police and the citizens they serve. A portrait of a courageous, heroic and deeply flawed man, it is a masterpiece of urban realism and the great cop novel of our time that only Don Winslow could write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eBill Ott, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eThe Cartel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Denny Malone wants is to be a good cop. He's the king of Manhattan North, a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of \"Da Force.\" Malone and his crew are the smartest, the toughest and the baddest. What only a few know is that Denny Malone is dirty: he and his partners have stolen millions of dollars in drugs and cash. Now Malone is being squeezed by the feds, and he must walk the thin line between betraying his brothers and partners, the Job, his family and the woman he loves, and trying to survive while the city teeters on the brink of a racial conflagration that could destroy them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Force\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of greed and violence, retribution and redemption, that reveals the tensions between the police and the citizens they serve. A portrait of a courageous, heroic and deeply flawed man, it is a masterpiece of urban realism and the great cop novel of our time that only Don Winslow could write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42177344110727,"sku":"9780062664433","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/939df298dfabc22312d30c8672df18db.webp?v=1733396847","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-force-paperback-3","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}