During the long, hot summer of 2011 Detective Ray Stone and his squad struggle to solve several brutal murders occurring throughout New York City. Read along as his wisdom and patience guide him through the tumultuous season as he carefully juggles work, family, love, and lust in this perilous crime thriller. Stone formerly known as the Bebop Bouncer, from the prequel of the Wise Detective, has upped his game and his status now as a seasoned NYPD Detective. In this gritty New York tale, gangsters, detectives, murder, love and lust all collide as his saga continues. There are four kinds of cops, crime fighters, rank climbers, ticket writers and time biders. Cops could be any combination of the four or just one. Stone was a crime fighter and a time bider hoping to survive to his twentieth year while pursuing NYC’s most dangerous apex predator’s—serial killers—and gangster killers. Can he endure with his family and wits intact? Dive in and read along. In addition, can he survive the politics of the NYPD, sometimes your enemies’ come from within.