Schedule Two

by Gaylord Dold

In the mendacious drug subculture of San Francisco, Korean strong arms have secured the market by eradicating their competitors. When Grace Wu, an undercover cop, gains a position in one dealer's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312147309
• ISBN13: 9780312147303
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A very high quality cop story, smart, real style.

Schedule II has merits rarely seen in entertainment fiction these days. No cliche's of thought or speech! (I won't read any more of those stories in which someone grunts on the first page, or the narrator drinks too much, or that begin with two sinister bureaucrats talking, etc.) Beautifully organized, fast-moving plot with perfectly fitted bits of chance and stretches of irony. Neither unique heroine nor chief good guy do anything stupid. Brilliant description of the disintegration of a terminal coke addict. And the villains' fates are entirely appropriate to their individual characters

Narc-ing San Francisco. Somebody's got to do it.

Undercover narcotics agent Grace Wu works for the San Francisco police department, and tangentially the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. She drives a taxi as a cover, making small drug purchases as a dealer. Her matter-of-fact demeanor garners the attention of higher placed dealers looking to expand distribution. DEA agent Lightfoot is ecstatic at the prospect of making a major bust, if Wu's contacts are properly developed. Her immediate boss, John Zito of the SFPD, is not so sanguine. He is a bent cop, leaning on Grace's Mexican connection for kickbacks of money and drugs. Worst of all he has exposed her true identity to that dealer. Grace develops a bigger source, a Korean supplier that needs SF distribution. However, they brutally assault Grace and rip her off of $100,000. Ironically this saves her life, as she changes her daily routine, which thwarts an assassination attempt by the Mexican dealer. Grace and the DEA agent regroup and in an action series of events even the score with all of the bad guys. The mayhem and body count are enough to make an action-movie producer see $$$. Good writing is not confined to classics. SCHEDULE TWO has story development, use of believable dialog, and attention to detail which produce an excellent read. The backdrop of San Francisco and the Bay Area complements the action. Put SCHEDULE TWO at the top of your reading schedule