The Good Guys

June, 1980

The Good GuysOne of the two detectives motions me to the side of the doorway. For a moment, I'm confused, and then I understand--the gentleman we are calling upon might very likely decide to fire a gun through the door at us.The gentleman's name is Willie and he is the prime suspect in the near-fatal stabbing of a woman named Barbara. Willie's apartment is on the sixth floor of a freezing, filthy building with little piles of dog turds in the hallways.The two detectives are both Irish, both big....