'A compendious gripping book that captures the fizzing energy of New York at one of the most
exciting points in its history' Sunday Express Like every other mobster the longer he stayed
in the life the closer he got to a shallow grave . . . New York 1947. Mob fixer Gabriel
Leveson needs to leave this city behind. But his plans to flee are upset when he's given a job
by the boss of all bosses Frank Costello. A job he can't turn down . . . Meanwhile a
killing spree in a Harlem flophouse has left an innocent black man on Death Row. In order to
save him the man's father - ex-private investigator Michael Talbot - and his old partner Ida
Young must track down the real killer. While across town Ida's childhood friend Louis
Armstrong is on the brink of bankruptcy until a promoter approaches him with a strange offer
to reignite his career. ' A vividly written crime thriller which is a contender for book of
the year' Daily Mirror 'A multi-layered mystery and a dynamic portrait of a teeming city
rife with corruption' Guardian
