William J. Kaunitz, author of the acclaimed novels Police Department and The Usual Suspects, addresses the difficult and dangerous work of police officers in New York City. The main characters, lieutenants of the police department, are investigating complex, complicated cases and risking their lives in the name of the triumph of justice. After feeding pigeons in a Brooklyn park, an elderly gentleman with a powerful pump-action shotgun shot the quiet owner of a candy store and her client. Who needs the death of at least one of them, Lieutenant Anthony Scanlon is trying to figure out, because they killed a colleague, a police officer. But before his investigation is completed, many more murders will occur in the novel “The Usual Suspects,” and the truth will be too bitter... What makes the novel especially poignant and authentic is the fact that it was written by New York City Police Department detective Lieutenant William Kaunitz.