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The Mobster's Lament

Written 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
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Evil thrives amidst chaos

Could not stop listening to such a detailed story of New York and the Mob in the late 19400s. Drug addiction was around back then too, creating misery, among poor and rich. The history of that time is vividly told in the characters introduced to the listener. A sadistic killer appears in Italy, gorging on its poverty, and hunger during last years of WW11. This same murderer comes to New York to find more victims .. Just wonderful story with history added. The God of poverty and despair thrives forever, especial in wars and their aftermath.

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