Richard Di Lello

Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.

While Popeye Doyle is investigating what appears to be a very simple drug overdose, he becomes involved in international intrigue. The Mosad and various other foreign diplomatic figures turn up everywhere he goes. The drug overdose becomes a very involved murder case.

In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.

A Mafia boss is killed which sets in motion a chain reaction of confusion, violence, power struggle and murder.

An ex-cop hosts a late-night talk radio program while getting involved with his listeners' problems in his off-time.

Dellaventura is a former cop, now a private eye, who helps people when the law can't.