The Edge Of The City [Mass Market Paperback]

Dan Mahoney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1996

A terrorist stranglehold tightens on New York...and only one cop can break its grip.

Born in the mountainous jungles of Peru. Smuggled to the concrete jungles of NYC. It's the most ingenious terrorist setup ever conceived, and it could bring the city-- and the nation-- to its knees.

Former NYPD detective Brian McKenna has tangled with the Shining Path before. His new identity and early retirement in Florida were supposed to put him beyond the terrorist army's retribution. But when the guerrillas cut down the son of his closest friend, New York's police commissioner Ray Brunette, McKenna's lured back into the center of the action, and into a deadly battle of wits with a brilliant man and a cunning and dangerous woman.

Former NYPD Captain Dan Mahoney spins a chillingly authentic tale of a city held hostage, a city at the edge of disaster.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Former Marine and former NYPD detective Mahoney first caught our attention with Detective First Grade, his tough and funny debut thriller about an unusually interesting cop named Brian McKenna. In that book, McKenna led the NYPD in a five-day war against a decidedly nasty bunch of terrorists -- using somewhat unorthodox methods which didn't please certain superiors. In his second outing, just reprinted in paperback, McKenna has been forced into an early retirement in Florida. But when another band of determined villains (from Peru this time) try to hold New York hostage, guess who gets the call to report back to work. Good, dirty fun.

From Publishers Weekly

Former NYPD captain Mahoney's latest police thriller involves a terrorist group that is targeting New York City.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 514 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; 2d ptg. edition (October 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312957882
• ISBN-13: 978-0312957889
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,692,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Once you start reading it you cant put it down!, August 5, 1998

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This review is from: The Edge Of The City (Mass Market Paperback)

Egde of the City is an amazing book. It makes all the character's come to life and it was something I easily related to. Since I live on Staten Island, and take the ferry very often I got a really vivid picture of the dilemma. Even the characters seem real. The mayor in the book is a lot like Mayor Guliani and the police commisioner is very much like former Commisioner Bratton. Overall the book is a must to any mystery/action lover and hopefully Mr. Mahoney will continue to write for many more years. To be honest I bought the book because Mr. Mahoney was a graduate of John Jay, which is the school I am attending now,but now I am hooked!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More good stuff, August 5, 2001

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This review is from: The Edge Of The City (Mass Market Paperback)

This second of Dan Mahoney's series is as compellingly readable as the first, continuing former cop Brian McKenna's battle against the Peruvian terrorist group Sendero. All McKenna's Manhattan cop buddies are back in play. And this time, the reader gets to "watch" as the city is held hostage to the terrorists, with bridges blown up, Staten Island ferries commandeered by the bad guys, and general havoc wreaked on the city. McKenna's wife, Angelita, is a complete pain in the butt and I'm anxious to see if the marriage lasts in the subsequent books. (I hope not; she's beyond unlovable--while McKenna is a great hero figure.) Happily, there are several more in the series waiting for me to read. Highly recommended.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helluva book, June 24, 2000

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Sam McNeal - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Edge Of The City (Mass Market Paperback)

Former detective Dan Mahoney did what few can do, he became a writer and a good one too. He developes likabel characters and weaves them into a procedural drama that really flies. Plot twists keep thsi action packed book moving right along. Mahoneys tale of cop life was very authantic and true to life. I myself am a former FBI agent and found the procedural drama to be very intense as well as authantic due to the politics of the police department.