Raggedy Man
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0399140190 / Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, June 1995
After she accuses her partner of corruption, Narcotics Squad detective Jayne Harrow is set up, suspended, and then murdered, and P.I. Gwenn Ramadge, accompanied by one of Jayne's academy instructors, sets out to uncover the truth
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A member of the NYPD's elite Narcotics Squad, Detective Jayne Harrow suspects her partner, Brian Ford, of crooked behavior. But as a rookie - and a woman - she is spurned by the department after she accuses the veteran Ford of corruption. When a subsequent raid of her home reveals a hidden stash of drugs, Jayne is suspended without pay. Lonely and alone and falling ever deeper into a crippling depression, she spends her days nurturing a taste for alcohol, further complicating her troubled situation.Ray Dixon, one of Jayne's Police Academy instructors, knows his former student is a good cop, and he remains her staunch supporter. Concerned for Jayne's welfare and convinced that work will give her the support she needs, he persuades Gwenn Ramadge to give Jayne a second chance, and Gwenn hires her to work a surveillance job in an upscale neighborhood on Long Island's North Shore.
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