Heroin Triple Cross

Headhunters #1

by John Weisman, Brian Boyer

They are a special breed of cops.........tough, internal investigators watchdogging the police.

187 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Seven-time New York Times bestselling author John Weisman is one of a select company of authors to have their books on both the Times nonfiction and fiction bestseller lists. He pioneered coverage of Naval Special Warfare when he co-authored the number one New York Times bestseller Rogue Warrior, the story of Richard Marcinko and the creation of SEAL Team 6, and then conceived, created, developed, and wrote eight bestselling Rogue fictional sequels. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Seymour Hersh praised his 2004 novel Jack in the Box as "the insider's insider spy novel." Weisman's CIA short stories were chosen for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories in 1997 and 2003. His most recent CIA short fiction appears in Agents of Treachery. He reviews books on intelligence and military affairs for the Washington Times, and his analysis has appeared in AFIO's periodical Intelligencer. John Weisman lives on Florida's Gulf Coast

Reviews

[Brendon Lowe · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the only other review on this book says it reads like a blacksploitation movie. We follow an ex cop who is now a drug kingpin who has judges and police on his payroll. A group of young thugs rip off the kingpin and kill a few cops along the way.

The Internal Affairs cops try and bring the mess to an end and clean up the force in doing so. Its action and sex in every chapter. The characters are hilarious, over the top and brutal.

This is not going to win any literary awards but it deserves a 4.5 star rating because its just so much fun and is pure entertainment. Its trashy but in the best way.

[Jason Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alright, first, let’s get this out of the way: The authors of this novel have no understanding of (or regard for) point of view. It bounces around so much within scenes, it’s disorienting until you’ve come to accept and expect it.
Having said (written) that, Heroin Triple Cross is the best book I’ve read in my f’n life.
Look...
My tastes range from vintage pulpy genre to Hemingway. My sentimental favorite book is Steinbeck’s East of Eden, with its magnificent scope, unforgettable characters and stories within stories. But, man... There’s just not a dull sentence in HTC. It’s like a blaxploitation film with razor-sharp writing and no budgetary or ratings board restraints.
Props. Respect.