New Lots: A novel of redemption

NYPD detective Loyd Shaw is months away from retiring when the all-powerful Chief of Detectives, Albert J. DeLuca, summons him to One Police Plaza. Shaw has given in to his anger and rebellious nature one too many times. DeLuca gives him an ultimatum. Lose your job, your pension, and any chance of earning a living, or go deep undercover and way off the books to stop a murderous drug war raging at a housing project in one of Brooklyn's worst neighborhoods.

No one can know about this operation. Shaw must put together a small team from DeLuca's personal list of loser cops also on their way out. It'll be a mission for men given one last chance with hardly any chance of surviving. And by the way, the NYPD Commissioner's headstrong daughter, Justine Burton, runs a community center for battered women in the complex where the bodies are dropping.

Shaw and his band of outcasts will find themselves battling a volatile mix of drug dealers, Muslim security guards recruited from prison, poverty, addiction, and greed. How will it end? In one, single, life-changing moment Loyd Shaw never imagined.

PRAISE FOR NEW LOTS

"Thrillingly complex drug-war novel...hard driving realism." - KIRKUS REVIEWS

"Recommended for fans of gritty crime dramas." - BOOKLIST

"New Lots is prime-time crime fiction. Clarkson writes with fierce reality, filling pages with characters tabloid fresh. New Lots is a roller coaster thrill ride from the opening riff down to a pulse-shredder of a climax." - LORENZO CARCATERRA, NY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR

"New Lots will satisfy readers looking for a fast-paced cop thriller with sympathetic leads." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Well written...Believable...This really is a terrific, can't-put-down-till-the-end read." - THE ELLENVILLE PRESS

"A top-notch, adrenaline-charged, action-packed thriller. A gritty, explosive tale, carefully orchestrated." - LANSING STATE JOURNAL