In the Midst of Death (Matthew Scudder, #3)

Jerry Broadfield is a cop who has been charged with extortion. His former buddies in the NYPD would like to see him dead. And when a dead hooker turns up in his apartment he is saddled with a murder rap as well. Broadfield screams "frame-up" and nobody believes him except Matthew Scudder, an ex-policeman-turned-private-investigator. But finding a killer among the stoolie-cop's sleazebag connections is going to be as difficult as finding a cold beer in Hell -- which is where Scudder is headed if he sticks his nose in too deep...