The mob offers the young mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, a $500,000 bribe to rezone land adjacent to the George Washington Bridge. Risking his life, the mayor pretends to go along with the plan but wears a wire. His efforts lead to the convictions of seven people.

Philip Ross is a writer and psychotherapist. He is the brother of Burt Ross, the subject of The Bribe. He lives with his wife and six chickens in the Adirondack mountains of upstate New York.