Double Dare

by Edward Keyes

A drug dealer turned informant navigates New York’s underworld in a tale that “maintains tension” from an Edgar Award finalist ( The New York Times Book Review ).A twenty-nine-year-old Italian immigrant, Tony Farrell has all the trappings of custom threads, an imported roadster, an apartment in an elegant duplex on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and a devoted girlfriend and business partner, Liz, who thinks she’s nabbed her own Al Pacino. On the downside, their little First Avenue bistro, Anthony’s, is in the red . . . until Tony agrees to pay his debts to a Mob loan shark the only way he can—turning his beloved restaurant into a hot spot for the drug trade. It’s a move that will lead to Tony’s undoing.Busted by undercover cops, Tony’s only hope is to become an informant for an FBI task force. The plan is to help them catch a powerful Haitian drug lord known as the Giant, who’s importing raw coke from South America via American cruise lines. But this fresh new nightmare won’t consume just Tony; it’s about to trap everyone he knows—lovers and enemies. And making it out alive isn’t going to be easy because, when the world gets this dark, it’s impossible to know who to trust or where to run.Edward Keyes’s true-crime book The Michigan Murders was named an Edgar Award finalist. In Double Dare , he presents the gripping tale of a man caught between the Mafia and law enforcement in a novel praised by Robin Moore, author of The French Connection , as “the most suspenseful, fast-moving police story of its genre [he’s] ever read.”

342 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

DOUBLE DARE: Inspired by the True Story of a Man Caught Between the Mafia and the Law.
Written By Edward Keyes

At twenty-nine years old Tony Farrell and his girlfriend Liz have put all their money and hard work into remaking a failing business into a successful business venture they call Anthony's. The two of them have gotten in over their heads and Anthony's isn't earning enough for them to keep it afloat. Tony turns to loanshark Cheech Donato for a loan of $7500.00. The deal Tony makes with Cheech is that he will make weekly payment's of $175.oo. After several weeks of Tony unable to make the payments Cheech involves Tony in a drug deal, in which Tony gets caught.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan Hartnett and investigator's Roy Thomas and Ed Stabler offer Tony a deal. Tony has a choice of losing everything he loves and doing hard prison time or becoming a confidential informant to Thomas and Stabler aiding in the arrest of the Giant whose name is Aaron Luke Brother's and company as well as Cheech Donato. It is a dangerous mission for Tony no matter what choice he makes. Will Tony help deliver the Giant to U.S. Attorney Hartnett or will he do his prison time?

Thank you to Net Galley, Edward Keyes and Open Road Publisher for my digital copy in exchange for an honest and fair review.

[Bonnye Reed · Rating 4 out of 5]

GNab I received a free electronic copy of this true crime novel from Netgalley, Edward Keyes, and Open Road Integrated Media in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all, for sharing your hard work with me.

This police procedural novel based on an actual crime was originally published in 1981. It will publish the end of February, 2017 by Open Road Integrated Media, Mysterious Bookshop, Mysterious Press. Thank you all, for bringing back this excellent who-done-it. There are times you will get frustrated with Tony Farrell, but he is always a sympathetic character and cute enough to be forgiven his foolishness. The bad guys are numerous, and stay in character. Thomas and Stabler and Hartnett are excellent good guys, and the story is crisply told and a mystery long into the tale. And I didn't miss modern electronic communication devices at all....



Orig pub 1980
Pub date ORIM Feb 28, 2017

[K. Counihan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good old time detective, mafia, thriller

Resurrected on kindle a tight suspense thriller based loosely on event's in late 1970's in The big city. The villains were larger than life and you knew to clear the area when they were upset.