"Bestseller Carcaterra’s rambunctious sequel to 2019’s Tin Badges finds former NYPD cop Tank Rizzo enjoying the good life. He lives in a Greenwich Village brownstone he inherited mortgage-free from his parents, and eats most of his meals down the street at the restaurant owned by his old friend Carmine Tramonti, a former mobster, whose daughter, Connie, is his one and only love. Tank also looks after his 15-year-old nephew, Chris Rizzo, whose parents recently died in a car accident, and his old police partner Frank “Pearl” Monroe, who was wounded in their last case for the NYPD two years earlier. Each of them now needs Tank’s help. Chris believes a shady investment firm was behind his parents’ deaths, and Pearl wants justice for convicted murderer Randy Jenkins. Randy went to prison 17 years earlier after Det. Eddie Kenwood, a dirty cop, persuaded him to confess to a crime he didn’t commit. The two cases intertwine in an action-filled plot spiced with gangster lore and New York history. Those who like their cop novels to take retribution to wild and wicked extremes will have fun."
—Publishers Weekly

“Set aside a day for this book not because you’re not going to be doing anything but reading—or should I say, speeding—from first page to last, in the company of some of the most memorable characters we’ve ever met in crime fiction. By turns wry, moving and gut-punching, Payback is a novel you won’t forget. And as always, Carcaterra’s keen eye and deft style bring New York City to stunning life. A brilliant thriller by one of the all-time greats.”
—JEFFERY DEAVER, #1 internationally bestselling author


“A gritty, old school crime novel that flat out delivers the goods. Payback is an engrossing, emotionally satisfying read with good guys you pull for and bad guys you want to plug yourself. No one knows the streets of Manhattan like Lorenzo Carcaterra and it shows from page one. A stone cold winner!”
—CHRISTOPHER REICH, New York Times bestselling author of The Take and Crown Jewel

Praise for Lorenzo Carcaterra

“Terrifying and heartbreaking . . . a brilliant, troubling, important book.”
—Jonathan Kellerman, on Sleepers

“Crackles with action . . . a riveting and ingenious read that will keep you turning the pages.”
—Douglas Preston, on Midnight Angels

“A powerful read . . . with plenty of action and dialogue as authentic as the streets of New York.”
—St. Petersburg Times, on Paradise City

“A brilliant, multilayered novel that breathes and bleeds on every page. This book transcends the genre of crime fiction. It is a full-blooded novel and an epic read.”
—Robert Crais, on Gangster