The Good Policeman

Frustrated by inaction and societal indifference, New York police commissioner Isaac Sidel returns from a lecture tour to embark on a romantic search for his ``Anastasia'' and investigate social pathology. ``Charyn's high-energy, idiosyncratic prose is a perfect match for his hero . . . and his ricochet course through Manhattan's nine circles in his latest, complex adventure,'' said PW. (Aug.)