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Joe the Bouncer seeks the killer of NYCs most desirable call girls in the newest caper in David Gordons acclaimed series
Joe Brody exSpecial Forces operative suffering posttraumatic stress syndrome so severe that it turned him to drug and alcohol abuse is getting his life back together Living with his grandmother in Queens Joe has taken what should be a simple job as a bouncer at a strip club where he can spend most of his nights reading the classics The only catch is that his childhood friend Gio Caprisi now head of New Yorks Italian Mafia relies on Joes extralegal expertise when things get particularly nasty on the streets Recently New Yorks criminal underworld has been shaken by the disappearance of its most successful and desirable call girls As a pattern emerges what might otherwise appear to be a choice to pursue a new life comes to resemble something more troublesome the work of a serial kidnapper When a woman turns up dead the hunt for the predator behind it all becomes even more urgent To find the killer Joe will have to plunge into the seediest fringes of Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs on another wild ride

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