The Smack Man is the fourth of Nelson DeMille's novels about NYPD Sergeant Joe Ryker.

It was first published in 1975 with the protagonist originally as Joe Keller.

The novel focuses on Joe Ryker's attempt to stop a murderer from poisoning illegal drugs coming into New York City.

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