The Mercenaries — Donald E. Westlake

Westlake's other crime novels include The Hunter, The Seventh and Busy Body, all of which were made into major motion pictures. The Mercenaries, Westlake's fist novel, is a riveting New York gangster thriller with a narcotic twist. This tough mystery can be placed alongisde the best of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.