Close Pursuit

by Carsten Stroud

  Yoke Army slang for a choke hold

  Zip top Street slang for anyone Jewish

  Zone Commander Operations and Personnel supervisor for a particular borough; works primarily at One Police Plaza in a bureaucratic function

  for

  Phillip Cardillo,

  Juan Andino,

  Irma Lozado,

  and

  Anthony Venditti

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  I have a lot of people to thank for this book but I can only name a few of them here.

  MORTON MINT, who believed in it first.

  STEPHEN RUBIN, who put his money on a dark horse.

  BEVERLY LEWIS, who made a good book a better book.

  BETSY CENEDELLA, whose care and research kept me from making a total fool of myself.

  The COLBERTS, STAN, NANCY, & DAVID, who made it all happen in the first place.

  LINDA MAIR, my wife, who went the distance with style and wit, as she does in every story.

  And finally, to all the Eddie Kennedys in the NYPD—thanks. Take care.

  Bantam Books by Carsten Stroud

  Ask your bookseller for the books you have missed

  CLOSE PURSUIT

  SNIPER’S MOON

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  CARSTEN STROUD has written two books of nonfiction, including the New York Times bestseller Close Pursuit, and a novel, Sniper’s Moon. In 1988 Stroud won the City and Regional Magazine award for writing excellence.