Law and Order
by Dorothy Uhnak
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A tough Irish cop. A prostitute. A massive cover-up that stretches to the highest levels of law enforcement . . . and its fatal impact on three generations of a New York police family. Harlem, just before midnight. A New York Police Department cop and his partner pull up in front of a tenement. A short while later, Sergeant Brian O'Malley is dead from a stab wound to the jugular, and a prostitute has fallen down an airshaft to oblivion. A few years after his father is given a hero's show more funeral, Brian Thomas O'Malley Jr. graduates from the police academy. As he rises quickly through the ranks of the NYPD, O'Malley discovers that some secrets are better left buried. Through the ensuing decades, as he raises a family of his own, O'Malley must cope with the fallout of a cover-up, until a fresh crime brings the plot full circle. Will the son have to pay for the sins of the father? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy Uhnak including rare images from the author's estate. show lessTags
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This gritty novel, written by Dorothy Uhnak, a policewoman herself, chronicles thirty-three years of the O’Malleys—an Irish family of New York City cops in a time when bigotry and corruption ran rampant throughout the NYPD. It begins with the cover-up of Sergeant O’Malley’s unsavory death at the hands of a prostitute, follows his son, Brian O’Malley, on his rise through the ranks to Deputy Chief Inspector, and ends with his grandson, Patrick O’Malley’s crusade to expose dirty cops and clean up the department. The story is filled with racial slurs common for the time and sexual perversions that the O’Malleys—and men in general—seem prone to. It also gives us a glimpse into life on the crowded streets of a city where show more generations of immigrants tried to survive without the law and order we enjoy today. show less
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Dorothy Uhnak was born in the Bronx, New York on April 24, 1930. She attended City College and then joined the New York City Transit Authority Police. She won two awards for bravery during her 14 years with the force, 12 of them as a detective. She resigned due to sexual discrimination and in order to complete her college education at John Jay show more College of Criminal Justice. Her first book, Policewoman: A Young Woman's Initiation Into the Realities of Justice, was published in 1964. Her debut novel, The Bait, won the Edgar Award as the best first mystery novel of 1968. Her other novels include The Witness, The Ledger, Law and Order, and The Ryer Avenue Story. The Investigation was the basis for the 1987 television movie Kojak: The Price of Justice. She died from a deliberate drug overdose on July 8, 2006 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Law and Order (1976 | IMDb)
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- This book is dedicated with love and gratitude for the confidence shown, the wisdom shared, and the hand extended when most needed to these jive people:
To Tony Uhnak, my husband, for reasons deep and private; To Blanche ... (show all)Gregory, my friend, my agent and my personal angel; To Michael Korda, whose vision went so far beyond my own that I was forced to reach and grow and explore; To Barbara Norville, who taught me more about writing than she ever realized; To Bob Gottlieb, who listened to me patiently, then called my bluff, which resulted in my first published work. - First words
- Patrolman Aaron Levine kept his eyes on the traffic ahead of him as he tried to gauge the mood of the sergeant.
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