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Speaking Easy
But I chose crime. Because it made me a king, the money was good, and because of her: Doll.
When Jack became the newest addition to the New York City police force he never imagined himself as anything less than a hero. He wanted to catch bad guys and be rewarded substantially for it. What he didn’t count on was Doll – a sexy lounge singer who worked at a local speakeasy. A short time after beginning at the police department, his lieutenant offers Jack the riches he so longs for, protecting a speakeasy, claiming that fame and fortune is reserved for the criminals, not the cops. After meeting Lt. Green’s sister, Doll, Jack is all too eager to please them both. But in a city full of criminals, speakeasies, and dirty cops, Jack must find a way to protect his love’s speakeasy from being discovered and keep them all out of harm’s way.
When Jack became the newest addition to the New York City police force he never imagined himself as anything less than a hero. He wanted to catch bad guys and be rewarded substantially for it. What he didn’t count on was Doll – a sexy lounge singer who worked at a local speakeasy. A short time after beginning at the police department, his lieutenant offers Jack the riches he so longs for, protecting a speakeasy, claiming that fame and fortune is reserved for the criminals, not the cops. After meeting Lt. Green’s sister, Doll, Jack is all too eager to please them both. But in a city full of criminals, speakeasies, and dirty cops, Jack must find a way to protect his love’s speakeasy from being discovered and keep them all out of harm’s way.
217 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 25, 2018
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March 20, 2019
I received a copy of this novel courtesy of LibraryThing Early Reviewers (giveaway) and the publisher.
The only thing this book has to its credit is an ending (although, considering said ending is given away in the first chapter, maybe that isn't really a credit). This has to be one of the worst published books I've ever had the displeasure of reading. There are typos, punctuation errors, spelling errors, random changes of tense, wholesale changes of character names, and an abundance of inappropriate colloquial language, making me wonder if it has actually been copy-edited. I *know *it hasn't been edited for content, or else all of the historical errors would have (hopefully) been caught. It's hard to credit a gangster screaming about "his rights" a full fifty-two years before the Miranda warnings were codified into law.
The story itself is amateurish. Are these supposed to be adult human beings? Sophisticated New Yorkers in the late 1920s? Because they're all basically acting like a bunch of teenagers in a small town on this side of 1950. There are so many errors in culture - and police culture - that there are too many to count. It makes the story itself tedious and unbelievable. I didn't really care what happened to the trio of main characters or the secondary characters surrounding them, because I found them all ridiculous and unrealistic.
I wouldn't have finished this story if not for the fact that I won a copy for review. I would have felt insulted if I'd actually paid money for it.
Considering this is my second book from this publisher that has been substandard (to say the least), I'm taking that as a sign to steer clear.
The only thing this book has to its credit is an ending (although, considering said ending is given away in the first chapter, maybe that isn't really a credit). This has to be one of the worst published books I've ever had the displeasure of reading. There are typos, punctuation errors, spelling errors, random changes of tense, wholesale changes of character names, and an abundance of inappropriate colloquial language, making me wonder if it has actually been copy-edited. I *know *it hasn't been edited for content, or else all of the historical errors would have (hopefully) been caught. It's hard to credit a gangster screaming about "his rights" a full fifty-two years before the Miranda warnings were codified into law.
The story itself is amateurish. Are these supposed to be adult human beings? Sophisticated New Yorkers in the late 1920s? Because they're all basically acting like a bunch of teenagers in a small town on this side of 1950. There are so many errors in culture - and police culture - that there are too many to count. It makes the story itself tedious and unbelievable. I didn't really care what happened to the trio of main characters or the secondary characters surrounding them, because I found them all ridiculous and unrealistic.
I wouldn't have finished this story if not for the fact that I won a copy for review. I would have felt insulted if I'd actually paid money for it.
Considering this is my second book from this publisher that has been substandard (to say the least), I'm taking that as a sign to steer clear.
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