A Long Way Down - Paperback

by Paul Silvestri (Author)

It's 1982 and Britain goes to war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, Pope John Paul II visits the UK and DI Jack Castle is sent to New York to deliver evidence to the FBI for a Federal trial.

When a man is brutally murdered in Manhattan. Castle is given the task of personally delivering vital prosecution papers to the FBI - He goes to New York and walks straight into the world of the East Coast Syndicate and international double-dealing, where he makes the biggest mistake of his career.

Defying orders to return to London, Castle's stubborn streak puts him in line for liquidation by people to whom human lives are worth less than the price of a Coney Island hotdog.

DI Jack Castle is a stubborn man, amoral, hating interference. He's a fighter against rank, regulations and crime. And he hates to lose.