Lightning

by Al Lamanda

War has been declared…on comedy. After decades of being under federal surveillance, mob boss Victor Grant finally figured out a way to beat them at their own game and hold a mob meeting in private. He arranges a Caribbean cruise, where, in international waters he and his mob cohorts can meet in peace and quiet and plan and scheme. Back home all goes well until, under the watchful eye of Grant’s British housekeeper, his young son is kidnapped. Elizabeth, the housekeeper, in a panic calls Jack Pellegrino, Grant’s nephew for help with paying the one million dollar ransom. Thus sets in motion a chain lightning string of comical events when the feds believe Pellegrino is preparing for a mob related war. While Pellegrino scampers to raise the one million, the feds and police put the city in lockdown and prepare for a bloodbath. And the British housekeeper, she makes tea.

260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 29, 2012

About the author

Al Lamanda was born and raised in The Bronx, New York. He worked for many years as a private investigator and crime prevention specialist. He has authored five published novels, two feature films with another under option and more than a dozen books for Kindle.

Reviews

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not your typical FBI, Brooklyn mobster book

Kidnapping as comedy, happy ending included. Agents, NYPD informants, mobbed up Italians blunder there way through a New York story.