Chicago Jazz

Detective Tony Alfano #2

by Gregory C. Randall

In Chicago, during the hot summer of 1933, Detective Tony Alfano is stunned by the violent and seemingly senseless death of a young Italian woman. Her body, discovered in the pit of a construction site, bears the marks of obscene torture and cruelty. As the weeks pass and the Chicago World’s Fair excitedly anticipates the celebrated arrival of Mussolini’s aerial armada of twenty-four flying boats, more murdered and brutalized bodies are discovered. Are the victims connected to this spectacular event or is this the work of a deranged psychopath? Alfano and his sergeant have only days to find the answer - and the killer - before Mussolini’s fascist air fleet arrives from Italy and lands on the waters of Lake Michigan. Will Alfano find and stop the murderer before they can kill again? Or, will the Century of Progress World’s Fair be forced to close due to fear, international politicians, and Chicago politics? Everything is on Alfano’s shoulders.

261 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 4, 2016

About the author

Michigan born and Chicago raised, Randall has made the San Francisco Bay Area his home with his wife for the last 45 years. A graduate of Michigan State with a degree in landscape architecture, Mr. Randall has 45 years of community design and urban planning experience. He has his own design firm, Randall Planning & Design, Inc., and has designed hundreds of residential, commercial and retail properties throughout the western United States.

Mr. Randall has enjoyed writing for many years but it has become a serious vocation in the last twenty years. His books almost always have an historical component and often reflect how the past has impacts on the present. Randall has developed all the cover cart for his books as well as the interior design, graphics, and overall formatting. This also includes ebook formatting.

Greg is the author of the five book series, The Sharon O’Mara Chronicles. The six book in the series is under development.

He is also developing the third book in the Detective Tony Alfano thriller noir series set in 1933 Chicago. The first book in the series, Chicago Swing, won the Silver Medal in the 2016 Global Ebook Awards. The second, Chicago Jazz, is now available.

His edgy young adult novel, Elk River, has won acclimation and awards from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and Northern California Book Publishers Association (BAIPA).

Mr. Randall and his wife have their own independent publishing company, Windsor Hill Publishing. He is a book cover designer and artist and is well versed in the ebook conversion process. All of his books are available through the usual sources.

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Reviews

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

My main genre for reading, has long been Mysteries, but recently I was sticking mainly with cozies, a couple Days ago, I discovered this book on one of the many Book groups I belong to, and downloaded, and could not put it down! I am not going to spoil the plot at all, but suffice to say, it had great lead character, gripping plot, a strong sense of time and place, love Historical mysteries, and a pacing that left me reading very happily. I noticed before I finished that this was Book 2 for this character, but the story itself caught me up, and I will still read book 1, which anyone reading this, may want to do first. make Detective Alfano's acquaintance, you'll find it time well spent.

[Robin H-R Holmes Richardson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Chicago crime fiction, and this was a good one. Second book in the series, featuring Detective Tony Alfano. Plot is good, set during the 1933 World's Fair. I've only been to Chicago once, but the locations were familiar and easy to follow. The characters are solid. Stayed up all night reading!

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it ! 1933 Chicago filled with communists, fascists, and assorted criminals. The big fair is on and Detective Tony Alfano seems to be in the middle of it all ! Book two in series. Can't wait to jump into third book of series. ! Check it out !

[Timothy J. Gaffney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read 2nd of Greg Randall's Tony Alfano trilogy. Very entertaining. Will finish by reading Chicago Fix.

[Sharon]

Fast read with the date set back in the 30-40. Some extraneous characters but overall a good read.

[J.D. Schechter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gritty

Fascists v. communists at the Chicago World's Fair, a sadistic female assassin, a believable detective...good writing that suffers from poor editing

[Becky Ballinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brings back another era.

Good story with vivid descriptions. Gorey murder scenes but lots of intuition and insights into fascist Italy. A really good read.