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The Mobster's Lament
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Description: From the bestselling author of The Axeman's Jazz Ray Celestin's The Mobster's Lament is a gripping tale of crime and jazz music and the third entry in his City Blues Quartet. A gangster is on his last chance to escape the clutches of New York's mafia families but as a blizzard descends on NYC a ruthless serial killer is tracking his every move. New York 1947. Mob fixer Gabriel Leveson's plans to flee the city are put on hold when he is tasked with tracking down stolen mob money by the boss of all bosses Frank Costello. But while he's busy looking he doesn't notice who is watching him Meanwhile Private Investigator Ida Young and her old partner Michael Talbot must prove the innocence of Talbot's son Tom who has been accused of the brutal murders of four people in a Harlem flophouse. With all the evidence pointing towards him their only chance of exoneration is to find the killer themselves. Whilst across town Ida's childhood friend Louis Armstrong is on the brink of bankruptcy when a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career Both a gripping neo - noir crime novel and a vivid panoramic portrait of New York The Mobster's Lament takes you to the heart of a city where the Mob has risen to the height of its powers. Though they can be read individually the City Blues Quartet begins with The Axeman's Jazz and Dead Man's Blues. Complete the series with Sunset Swing.
Title: The Mobster's Lament
Author(s): Celestin Ray
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781509838967
Pages: 576 Pages
Publication Date: 3/19/2020
Series: City Blues Quartet
Category: Historical Fiction
Description: From the bestselling author of The Axeman's Jazz Ray Celestin's The Mobster's Lament is a gripping tale of crime and jazz music and the third entry in his City Blues Quartet. A gangster is on his last chance to escape the clutches of New York's mafia families but as a blizzard descends on NYC a ruthless serial killer is tracking his every move. New York 1947. Mob fixer Gabriel Leveson's plans to flee the city are put on hold when he is tasked with tracking down stolen mob money by the boss of all bosses Frank Costello. But while he's busy looking he doesn't notice who is watching him Meanwhile Private Investigator Ida Young and her old partner Michael Talbot must prove the innocence of Talbot's son Tom who has been accused of the brutal murders of four people in a Harlem flophouse. With all the evidence pointing towards him their only chance of exoneration is to find the killer themselves. Whilst across town Ida's childhood friend Louis Armstrong is on the brink of bankruptcy when a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career Both a gripping neo - noir crime novel and a vivid panoramic portrait of New York The Mobster's Lament takes you to the heart of a city where the Mob has risen to the height of its powers. Though they can be read individually the City Blues Quartet begins with The Axeman's Jazz and Dead Man's Blues. Complete the series with Sunset Swing.
Title: The Mobster's Lament
Author(s): Celestin Ray
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781509838967
Pages: 576 Pages
Publication Date: 3/19/2020
Series: City Blues Quartet
Category: Historical Fiction