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The Mobster's Lament

By: Ray Celestin
Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
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This whole thing has got police cover-up written all over it,’ Ida said, rising.
‘Yup,’ said Michael. ‘That’s who we’re up against.’


Fall, 1947. New York City.

Private Investigator Ida Davis has been called to New York by her old partner, Michael Talbot, to investigate a brutal killing spree in a Harlem flophouse that has left four people dead. But as they delve deeper into the case, Ida and Michael realize the murders are part of a larger conspiracy that stretches further than they ever could have imagined.

Meanwhile, Ida’s childhood friend, Louis Armstrong, is at his lowest ebb. His big band is bankrupt, he’s playing to empty venues, and he’s in danger of becoming a has-been, until a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career . . .

And across the city, nightclub manager and Mob fixer Gabriel Leveson’s plans to flee New York are upset when he’s called in for a meeting with the ‘boss of all bosses’, Frank Costello. Tasked with tracking down stolen Mob money, Gabriel must embark on a journey through New York’s seedy underbelly, forcing him to confront demons from his own past, all while the clock is ticking on his evermore precarious escape plans.

Ray Celestin’s third instalment in his multi-award winning City Blues Quartet is both a gripping neo-noir crime novel and a vivid, panoramic portrait of New York – from its tenements to its luxury hotels, from its bebop clubs to the bustling wharves of the Brooklyn waterfront – all set as the Mob is rising to the height of its powers, and Senator Joe McCarthy begins to plot his own reign of terror . . .©2019 Ray Celestin (P)2019 W. F Howes Ltd Crime Crime Fiction Detective Historical Modern Detectives Mystery Thriller Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction New York Mafia Boss
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Based on fact, with a brilliant narrator, this is the penultimate title of the series.

A Thrilling Ride!

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This and the previous two books in the series have wonderfully complicated plots, wholly likeable protagonists and a great sense of time and place. I can’t remember a trilogy I enjoyed more.

Excellent

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The third instalment is just as good as it’s predecessors. Reading Aida and Micheal back investigating, and post-war NYC had me engrossed. Possibly some new returning characters too? Cant wait for the fourth!

Part Three- just as good.

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I have listened to all three, all fabulous but this book perhaps the best.
They were made to come to life with the marvellous narration.

So enjoyable

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Nothing. All brilliant and enjoyable. Thoroughly rec the whole series really good performance as well

Fab story telling.

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