Mark Rubinstein’s mastery of the New York street scene is on keen display in the final installment of his “Mad Dog” trilogy, “Mad Dog Vengeance” (Thunder Lake Press, $12.99, 320 pages). Aptly titled, given that this luridly effective tale starts with a vengeance and never slows up.

Once again, physician (psychiatrist, actually) Rubinstein’s fictional doppelgänger, surgeon Roddy Dolan, finds himself embroiled in dirty dealings that threaten to destroy his career, as well as himself. You know...