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Pigtown (Bookcassette(r) Edition)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good, taut police drama
  • Another excellent work by Caunitz-a classic "pageturner"
 Pigtown (Bookcassette(r) Edition)
William J. Caunitz
Manufacturer: Bookcassette
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: 1561006432
Release Date: 1995-07-01

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Nobody did police corruption as crisply and with such obvious delight as Caunitz. Just out in paperback, Pigtown is one of the very best thrillers by a fine writer who died in 1996. Many of the details in this story of high-level villainy at the NYPD will ring true because they come from an actual case, and Caunitz was smart enough to realize that he didn't have to gild these nasty lilies. Instead, he concentrated his energies on making Lt. Matthew Stuart as strong and accessible as ever as he traces the killer of a small-time mob figure right upstairs to the top of One Police Plaza.

Book Description

Detective Lieutenant, Matt Stuart, third generation New York cop, is precinct head in Pigtown, an old wiseguy neighborhood where the name remains but the pig farms are gone in a forgotten section of Brooklyn. Which is where Beansy Rutolo is found inside a refrigerator with his brains blown out. Nobody cares about mob hits anymore, but Matt owes one to Beansy due to an ancient favor on Beansy's part to Matt's father.

Matt's investigation of the hit on Beansy rattles the top brass in the Big Building, resulting in Matt taking chances with his career and his life.

Pigtown is as stark as today's newspaper, as real as New York itself, and the best book that William Caunitz has ever written.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Good, taut police drama.......2006-11-11

Good, taut writing. Interesting plot that mimicks then even mentions Frank Serpico. The one question I was left with: Is the NYPD corruption as pervasive as Mr. Cauntiz writes about?

4 out of 5 stars Another excellent work by Caunitz-a classic "pageturner".......1999-01-28

The last of the novels by Caunitz is his best since One Police Plaza. He offers accurate depictions of the true workings of a large police dept.It is safe to assume that what he describes about the NYPD is probably true about most other large police departments. He presents many characters and slowly develops the web that connects them all. This book was very hard to put down once I started reading it. It is a shame that the author passed away so young and we are deprived of more excellent works from him.
Pigtown
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    		Pigtown
    William J. Caunitz
    Manufacturer: CROWN PUBLISHER
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover
    ASIN: B000OKR9XM
    Pigtown
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      		Pigtown
      William J. Caunitz
      Manufacturer: Recorded Books
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Audio Cassette
      ASIN: B000G1MTHA
      Pigtown
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        		Pigtown
        Caunitz
        Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback
        ASIN: B000JDXPG4
        The Zieglers of Pigtown
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          		The Zieglers of Pigtown
          Ann Hennessy
          Manufacturer: Ann Hennessy
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback
          ASIN: B000F0D8CW
          Pigtown
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            		Pigtown
            William J. Caunitz
            Manufacturer: Kensington Publishing Corporation
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Mass Market Paperback
            ASIN: B000HX1G44
            Pigtown
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              		Pigtown
              William J. Caunitz
              Manufacturer: Crown, 1995
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback
              ASIN: B000NUF6TW

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