Marty Bond Was Rotten To The Core A few years back, he had been a famous cop in New York. Not a gentle or an honest cop. But he caught thieves and killers, and he was feared. Fired From The Force He became a house dick in a ratty hotel. He started sliding downhill fast, hitting the bottle pretty hard, procuring, protecting petty rackets. Then His Stepson Stumbled On A Killing and Was Almost Beaten To Death That put Marty back on the side of the cops in fact, if not legally.First published in 1957.