Yuki accidentally witnesses Jack Delgato murder an informant friend of hers and wants to avenge her death.
Jack is a crooked homicide cop, he’s in the police business, and the drug business. Jack also has an addiction, not to drugs, but a more dangerous one for Yuki, erotic asphyxiation.
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Sexual Content - 4/5
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Violence - 4/5
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Language - 5/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 4/5
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Summary
Sweat Street by DJ Swykert is a dark, gritty suspense. The lead character, Yuki, is a prostitute whose main goal in life is to get drugs to escape her life. After escaping a scary job, she witnesses her informant friend get murdered. The murderer sees her and she is running from him for the remainder of the book as he is trying to find her and eliminate a witness. A police officer was murdered at the same time. What Yuki does not realize at the time is the killer is a crooked police officer.
Ted is a reporter who was friends with the police officer that was killed. He does not believe the officer was involved in drugs. He takes Yuki to a friend of his to keep her safe. The friend and Yuki hit it off and he wants to keep her safe and help her to live a better life. They finally convince her to come look at pictures to try and pick out the killers.
There are several other murders as the crooked cops are trying to find Yuki. One of the cops is sadistic which creates a gruesome murder.
The characters will stay with you after the book.
Violence - strangulation, shootings, physical abuse,
Drugs/alcohol - drugs is a major part of this book, Yuki is an addict
Sex – Yuki is a prostitute,
Language - F word is used 189 times. street language