This is the first in an exciting and almost unbelievable series of books about life in the underbelly of New York City, a place populated by strippers and pimps, prostitutes and predators. The author was a New York State parole officer for thirty years and lived the life he writes about. His characters come alive, their problems become your problems and their adventures will be felt and experienced by you. The book is written is the first person by a man who barely survives each day but does manage to do so. He is violent, some consider him crazy, others depend on him and trust him with their lives. It's a book that you will probably have difficulty putting down and may read more than once.