Tom skittered around Miranda, keeping up a monologue. Perfect artist’s model, except for the blood dripping.įred was standing in the stage shadows, hat in his hands. Stretched across the platform, breasts firm, nipples plump, pubic hair shaved. Sure to appeal to fans of Mickey Spillane, Raymond Chandler, and, more currently, Robert Fate's edgy Baby Shark series.Pandora was still pretty. The story moves fast, the violence is appropriate to the times, and there are laugh-out-loud moments amid the mayhem. "This is a hard-boiled, Prohibition-era novel and Jersey Leo is a well-developed, engaging character. Kelli Stanley, award-winning author of City of Dragons and City of Secrets "Authentic period, savvy style, and memorable characters-particularly the albino protagonist, Jersey Leo-combined with a suspense tale well told adds up to a winning combination. Rebecca Cantrell, New York Times-bestselling author of A City of Broken Glass "John Florio's powerful use of historical detail slams you into the gritty world of 1930s bootleggers, where his hero, albino Jersey Leo, holds you down for the count. Kevin Baker, bestselling author of Dreamland, Paradise Alley, and Strivers Row "A delicious journey through the underworld of Prohibition and Depression America, by turns funny, poignant, and thrilling. For readers who follow Kelli Stanley's "Miranda Corbie" series or Reed Farrel Coleman's "Moe Prager" books."
Despite abundant gunfire and bloodshed, the novel manages to successfully incorporate an idealistic tone. Absorbing and briskly paced, the story toggles deftly between 19. "Don't miss this absolutely riveting, gritty debut coming-of-age tale. To ensure his future, Jersey must face his past, even if it means that life will never return to normal. As the two delve into the origins of the mysterious sugar pop moon, stunning secrets about Jersey's past come to light. Now with a price on his head in two cities, Jersey seeks help from the only man he can trust, his father. The clues lead to Philadelphia, where he runs into a cleaver-swinging madman out for his femurs and a cold-blooded gangster holed up on a Christmas-tree farm. So when he inadvertently purchases counterfeit moonshine ("sugar pop moon") with his boss's money-a potentially fatal mistake-he must go undercover to track down the bootlegger who took him in.
And his father-a former boxing champ with his own secrets-disapproves of Jersey's work at a dive owned by one of New York's most notorious gangsters. Being neither black nor white, he has no group to call his own. Known as "Snowball" on the street, he makes a living as the bartender at a mob-run speakeasy in Prohibition-era Hell's Kitchen. Jersey Leo is the quintessential outsider-an albino of mixed race. The quintessential outsider-with a price on his head in two cities.
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