Honor for Sale: The Darkest Chapter in the History of New York's Finest

by Gerald E. Kelly

Book Overview

A former NYPD narcotics detective presents a tale of greed and avarice in the NYPD that focuses on the theft of five hundred pounds of pure heroin confiscated by the cops, investigating police... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966997301
• ISBN13: 9780966997309
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Sharon Publications Inc.
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Saw your MSNBC Special

I saw the MSNBC Special on the featuring the author of Honor for Sale, Gerald Kelly. It was an excellent feature detailing how an elite force of narcotics detectives were corrupted.I enjoyed the book, Honor for Sale. I thought it was an excellent read written from someone who knew the detectives, and characters involved in the stealing for the French Connection Narcotics from the NYPD Evidence Facility.There were descriptions in this book that could only be given by someone on the inside. The account of the crime rings true. The best part about the book is that it is told as a story from the eyes of the detectives in the bureau. I truly felt that I knew who these men were and why they did it. Excellent, Excellent Book.

A Great Book ...

Honor for Sale is the amazing story of how narcotics confiscated by the NYPD got back into the streets of NY. The book has fascinating diaglogue that tells the tale of how this theft was pulled off. The story gives you a true sense of what the people who did it were like. I enjoyed this book and recommend it highly. There are parts of the book which you laugh hard and it is very difficult to put this book down. Enjoy!

having also been there

this was an amazing book that brought me back to the days when I also was a New York City detective. The public will get a back seat tour of real life fiction from this excellent charismatic story telling. There were points in the book where I was actually laughing out loud having recalled some of my own inanity on the job. It was an unfortunate time for the NYPD, though it is story that certainly needs to be told, and told it is, with wonderful clarity and awsome real life drama and dialouge. The need and importance of this book is that we as humans can learn from our own mistakes, and this book can only tell us what not to do in the future. It is laced with remembrances of sheer terror that can only occur from performing that job for such a long time. It was an awsome read and can only enlighten an unsuspecting public what it's like to ride in an "rmp" for any period of time. If your a fan of real life fiction and police drama. Or if you simply want an engaging New York Story, this is the one for you. I, having lived it and can attest to the truth, can without hesitation question or reason recommend this 'tell all'! Hopefully the writer has some more dark secrets he'd like to share, about his time on the NYPD!

believe it!

Just a phenomenal book... loaded with juicy tidbits... although, a sad commentary from back then. John Lindsay doesn't come off too good, but, as a whole the book is great. Told from a "I was there perspective." Good, good buy!

"A Remarkable Book"-David Burnham formerly of the NY TIMES

"A Remarkable Book""At what well may have been the darkest hour of the New York Police Department, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) of the NYPD's Narcotics Division was the true inner circle of corruption. Robbery and bribery and big-time dope dealing were the norm. Murder was not unknown. As a detective assigned to the SIU, Gerald Kelly witnessed the horror of this totally perverse "law enforcement" organization. From his own experience, he tells the dizzying story of how the SIU finally was brought under control.Based on years of careful research, Kelly's book traces the cynical maneuvering of naïve political figures like Mayor John Lindsay and Governor Nelson Rockefeller as a giant wave of public concern pushed the city to confront the corruption that came close to swamping the nation's largest police force. Kelly's understanding of the complex dynamics of this long difficult process is astonishing. And his book rings true despite the fact that the story requires a fictional accounting of some of its most dramatic moments such as the Gracie Mansion meeting when Mayor Lindsay fires his hapless police commissioner in a desperate and doomed effort to save his own faltering political career. A remarkable book."DAVID BURNHAM - Former New York Times reporter whose April 25, 1970 article broke the news of the NYPD's most shocking corruption scandal. "Kelly writes with admirable energy, and his potent dialogue crackles with street authenticity."PUBLISHERS WEEKLY -