Jimmy the Stick

by Michael Mayo

Overview

In the wake of the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping, gunman Jimmy Quinn leaves his midtown speakeasy to guard an ex-gangster's beautiful young wife and son. He has no idea what's really happening.

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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