New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - Ex-NYPD detective Lew Croaker, has left the force for Florida. a fishing boat and his family, but when his niece is desperately ill and needing a kidney transplant to survive, he is confronted with the moral dilemma of his life when he given the choice to murder a man in exchange for a compatible kidney. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-671003291.