Books 1 & 2, the great Pretender and Moon Over Miami. Nobody's called Nick merlotti a credit to the force. In fact, Nick used to be the police's number one enemy, until they convinced him it was more kicks working their side of the street then having to break out of their jails every few years. Now Nick did the jobs the fuzz couldn't handle, in his methods were strictly his own, whether it was wearing one of his thousand or so disguises, or making deals the law didn't want to know about.