Book Summary

Frank is a patrol officer who has been transferred to Newtown Police Station as a street-beat officer to help with the catching drug dealers. He becomes involved with two women; the redhead Julia, his fellow officer. The other woman is his deceased partner's wife; who is always drunk; Gloria and who is now married to Baines, suspected drug dealer.

Frank is protective towards Gloria's ten-year-old son, Bobby, who suffers much at the hands of Baines. Frank promises himself to put the drug dealer Baines behind bars and anybody else connected with Baines' drug dealings, even his own brother David.

Frank's reasoning for justice is that kin or kinship are not exempted from the law.