Jersey City. Mid-1970s. It’s a rough’n’tumble town where Teamsters stick together, the mob’s tentacles reach out and the cops have to know which side of the bread that the butter’s on. To that end, protagonist Mickey Wright’s father is an old-school cop, steeped in nefarious doings with drug dealers, fellow rogue cops and crooked politicians. When he gets his son a job with the Teamsters, Mickey soon realizes that his silence on certain matters is a foregone conclusion. That’s the heart of this tough-guy page-turner of a tale.