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"It's one of the best cop books I've ever read... Codella has written a hair-raising, suspenseful, pull-no-punches true-crime tale."

"Codella describes [Alphabet City] so vividly, with such hardboiled language that you feel like you're in the squad car with him."

"Told in tough-guy talk so extreme it borders on self-parody, but nonetheless never loses the reader."

"Working undercover, Gio and I provided the brass with intelligence that resulted in the arrest and successful prosecution of hundreds of drug dealers."

"Codella is an expert at Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a contemporary martial art that he used during a 20-year career with the New York Police Department."