Jimmy the Stick

by Michael Mayo

Overview

.Jimmy Quinn has been many things, thief, bagman, bootlegger, and the man who greased palms from City Hall to the precinct house. "It's been a good life," he likes to say, though his ruined knee and a lifetime of enemies tell a different story.A one-time runner for Arnold Rothstein and a "known associate" of Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, Jimmy now runs one of Manhattan's finest speakeasies. It's a quieter existence, until the Lindbergh baby disappears and the whole country goes mad.When Jimmy's old partner Walter Spencer, now tied to the powerful Pennyweight Petroleum fortune, asks him to protect his young wife and child in rural New Jersey, Jimmy reluctantly agrees. Their son may be next on the kidnapper's list.But the Garden State offers no refuge. Behind the manicured lawns and oil money respectability lurk secrets just as treacherous as the back alleys of New York. And as Jimmy steps back into a world of crime, betrayal, and violence, he discovers that his past isn't done with him, and this time, it may kill him. Find out what really happened to Jimmy today!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603816601
Publisher:	Coffeetown Press
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Series:	Jimmy Quinn Suspense Novel , #1
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Michael Mayo has reviewed films for numerous publications, including The Washington Post. He has worked extensively in radio and was co-host of the nationally syndicated Movie Show on Radio and Max and Mike On the Movies. Among his books are American Murder, Videohound's Horror Show, War Movies, and the Jimmy Quinn suspense novels.

Editorial Reviews

[Mayo] persuasively portrays such real-life mobsters as Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano in a tale sure to appeal to fans of Max Allan Collins’s gangster historicals.” —Publishers Weekly


“Imagine an Agatha Christie country-house murder mystery soaked in booze and violence, with the detective played as a cold, pragmatic street fighter instead of some effete Belgian fop. The expected traditional shenanigans unfold (there’s even a hidden room!), albeit in a rather hardboiled and occasionally bloody fashion, but the solution is clever and fair. What really sticks, however, is the film critic and first-time novelist’s muscular way with character and plot, and particularly Jimmy’s way with words.” —Mystery Scene Magazine

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