The Racket
“The Racket boldly begins where the Senate crime committee left off!”
CrimeDramaThriller
Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. A prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police detective, Turck, are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.
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A bleak, morally compromised world where one good cop battles overwhelming systemic corruption. It's a tense, hardboiled descent into the rot of power, where integrity is a dangerous, lonely fight.
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