 
                                                    
                                               A cinematic epic as explosive,  powerful,  & unforgettable as The Wire. Everyone can be bought. At the right price... Detective Sergeant Denny Malone leads an elite unit to fight gangs,  drugs & guns in New York. For eighteen years he`s been on the front lines,  doing whatever it takes to survive in a city built by ambition & corruption,  where no one is clean. What only a few know is that Denny Malone himself is dirty: he & his partners have stolen millions of dollars in drugs & cash. Now he`s caught in a trap & being squeezed by the FBI. He must walk a thin line of betrayal,  while the city teeters on the brink of a racial conflagration that could destroy them all. Review: Praise for The Force: ` This stands out by a mile.. . fresher,  faster,  funnier & truer.. . bursting with life,  lousy with death,  it is because it tells the truth,  in all its ugliness,  that this novel is so exhilarating` Daily Telegraph ` Hard-hitting.. . one of the great works of fiction about the police.. . superbly chronicled` The Times ` There won`t be a better cop novel this year than The Force by Don Winslow. Not next year,  or the year after that,  either` Linwood Barclay ` Stephen King,  James Ellroy & Lee Child see Don Winslow as one of their number,  & he confirms his right to belong in this elite with The Force.. . a panoramic picture of a criminal justice system permeated by corruption,  cronyism & lies` Sunday Times,  Thriller of the Month ` Sprawling & visceral` Financial Times,  Crime Books of the Year ` Breathtaking. Think of TV series The Sopranos.. . told in majestic prose.. . this is without question among the finest ever police novels` Daily Mail,  Books of the Year `A brutal,  gut-punching story` Independent,  Books of the Year ` Almost Shakespearean` Spectator,  Books of the Year ` Shocking & shockingly convincing.. . sinewy,  flexible,  raw & full of wit. This novel is as entertaining as the best crime fiction must be,  but it is also moving` TLS ` Don Winslow`s magnificent novels have positioned him as the next big-hitter of crime writing.. . Gripping` Metro ` Intensely human in its tragic details,  positively Shakespearian in its epic sweep
- probably the best cop novel ever written` Lee Child ` Mesmerizing,  a triumph. Think The Godfather,  only with cops. It`s that good` Stephen King ` Nobody understands the disaster of corruption better than Don Winslow. The Force exposes the dawning horror of how it eats into the best intentions` Val Mc Dermid,  No.1 bestselling author of Out of Bounds `A stunner of a cop novel with dialogue,  gritty New York setting & moral pincers all in the service of a devastating plot` New York Times,  Crime Books of the Year Author Biography: Don Winslow is the author of nineteen acclaimed,  award-winning,  international bestsellers
- including the No. 1 international bestseller The Cartel,  winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award,  The Power of the Dog,  Savages,  & The Winter of Frankie Machine
- several of which have been made into movies or are in development. A former investigator,  anti-terrorist trainer,  & trial consultant,  Winslow lives in Southern California.                                             
