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A gripping introduction work of crime fiction, in the writer of the best-selling memoir about life as a Brand New York City policeman, Blue-Blood. (“May function as the finest account ever published of existence behind the badge.” —Time) In Red on Red, Ed Conlon informs the impressive and suspenseful tale of two NYPD detectives, Meehan and Esposito: one broken and introspective, another formidable and dishonest. Meehan is required by challenging and haunting tales that defy simple decision, while Esposito is attracted to instances of regular and tough fight. An intense and unlikely friendship grows between them and plays out against a tangle of secrets: a lonely immigrant who weighs himself in Inwood Hill Park, a serial rapist preying on top Manhattan, a struggling Catholic schoolgirl who seems in the incorrect location with uncanny frequency, and a savage gang battle that erupts over an incident of mistaken identity. A fictional thriller concerning the sprained dynamic of the productive authorities partnership—the assessments of devotion, the required betrayals, the intersections of life and work—Red on Crimson informs an unwavering and thrilling tale that reflects the grittiness, difficulty, ironies, and compromises of life At work.