Drop strong

One bad shot and detective Matt Scudder has to leave the police, and his life seems to lose meaning. Another shot — and killed the man Scudder knew in childhood, and then he has to think about his profession. Because only he understands: Ellery Queen, a small-time crook from the Bronx, someone silenced, dropping the bullet into his mouth. But that could know Ellery Queen. What and who he is, not trusted to police, could tell?
Scudder begins to investigate, and again passes through all the circles of hell in new York, the city that hides many dark secrets...