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The Force 50%

Malone in serious trouble with the Feds. They have him on tape accepting money from a lawyer and then passing it on to an asst. D.A. to get a client off. 

Now, the guy who hates rats must rat out somebody or go to jail. He's trying to keep his honor by ratting out only lawyers and judges, but the Feds want cops, too. 

His girlfriend, C., lapses back into heroin use.  M. threatens to kill her supplier.  Unsure where this is going as I'm only half done. Maybe the "ending" that started the book isn't the ending.  Maybe M. works himself out of trouble. 

Liking this okay, but still find the "hard-boiled" tone a bit tough to swallow. Unremitting.

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