The Whites is a powerful story of a group of NYPD detectives, criminals, trust, friendship and the lengths that a person will go to for those who deserve his loyalty.
Billy Graves is commander of the Night Watch squad; the officers that cover Manhattan’s felony crimes between 1a.m. and 8 a.m. Billy was one of seven young cops assigned to anti-crime. Known as The Wild Geese, they became like family to each other and now, twenty years later, five of them remain. Billy is the only one still at work.
Each of them is burdened with a case of their own where a criminal had managed to get away with a particularly horrendous crime. These criminals were known as ‘The Whites’. Now the Whites are turning up dead. At the same time, someone has targeted Billy’s family.
You can’t read this book quickly or lightly. There are multiple, complex characters and you need to pay attention. The effort is well rewarded, it is a read that has completely drawn characters; you get to know them, with all their flaws and all their demons, and you want them to come out all right in the end.
Brandt gives you the story of the Wild Geese, the Whites, the nightly cases of the Night Watch squad, the consuming rage of the stalker of Billy’s family and the moral challenge that Billy must face all in one tightly woven story. You couldn’t ask for a better read.
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