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At the end of Prohibition, Kansas City, Missouri was known as “Crime Capital USA.” It was a wide-open anything-goes town run by a corrupt political boss in bed with the Sicilian mob.
In this first-of-a-series legal thriller based on true events, Assistant U.S. District Attorney Sam Blair witnesses the Union Station Massacre—where three gangsters mow down a prisoner and four lawmen. Despite talk of a failed rescue attempt, he’s sure the prisoner was murdered.
To learn why, Sam must survive attempts on his life, avoid getting entangled in an FBI coverup, and battle psychological baggage from the unsolved murder of his sister, Midge. His job is made all the harder when he is called to prosecute the head of the local mob for tax evasion and the city’s political boss for bribery.
And what will Sam do when his two best friends betray him, and he learns the shocking truth that links the Union Station Massacre to his sister’s death?
344 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 1, 2022
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September 16, 2024
An ode to Kansas City's gangster era
A compelling mystery that brings color to an era that perhaps you had imagined in black-and-white, and nearly makes you check to see if you've picked up a biographical work rather than a fictional one. The author masterfully brings the characters to life and weaves them into the folds of Kansas City history, bringing out their personal struggles that mirror the moral and societal struggles of the time and place-- evidently written by one who has a profound knowledge of both.
A compelling mystery that brings color to an era that perhaps you had imagined in black-and-white, and nearly makes you check to see if you've picked up a biographical work rather than a fictional one. The author masterfully brings the characters to life and weaves them into the folds of Kansas City history, bringing out their personal struggles that mirror the moral and societal struggles of the time and place-- evidently written by one who has a profound knowledge of both.
September 5, 2022
Thriller Meets History
This is a legal thriller that reads like a first person history of Depression era Kansas City mob and legal justice colliding. The author has certainly thoroughly researched the background, while weaving a gripping story of an assistant DA entangled with government and mob sub-stories.
This is a great tale for Thriller and History fans alike!
[I had the privilege to proofread this novel just prior to publication.]
This is a legal thriller that reads like a first person history of Depression era Kansas City mob and legal justice colliding. The author has certainly thoroughly researched the background, while weaving a gripping story of an assistant DA entangled with government and mob sub-stories.
This is a great tale for Thriller and History fans alike!
[I had the privilege to proofread this novel just prior to publication.]
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