The Necklace: The Kate Brady Series (Book Three)

by Babette Hughes

Overview

The Necklace tells the stories of three women, each with a dangerous secret. There is 80-year-old mafia widow Kate Brady, determined that her secret will die with her - beautiful, blond and famous Andrea Pryor is being blackmailed for her secret - and 18-year-old Marianne Woodsman whose secret is hidden in her family's Park Avenue penthouse. Marianne runs for her life from her dangerously dysfunctional family, through a homeless shelter and a brothel until her story intertwines with Kate's and Andrea's in a three-generational embrace.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151243346
Publisher:	Post Hill Press
Publication date:	06/30/2015
Series:	The Kate Brady Series , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	186
File size:	456 KB

About the Author

Born in Cleveland Ohio, 91 year old Babette Hughes grew up in the time of Prohibition and bootleggers. Her father was one of the first bootleggers in the country, and was murdered by the mafia in a turf war at the age of 29.
Writing has allowed her to draw from those unusual life experiences to create her characters and tell their stories (and sometimes cautionary tales) in vivid detail. Gangsters and guns, women and wine, sin and society all melded together in riveting detail for readers from all walks of life who somehow relate to the characters she creates.

Editorial Reviews

"A captivating love story with a twist. Richly drawn characters in an era of gangsters and bootleggers."

Winner of the Jewish Book Award for Fiction - Joseph Kertes

"This is a terrific story that chronicles the beginning of the Mafia and its revelations that profoundly changed lives forever."

Jewish Book World

"The novel's Ben Gold could pass as a universal Jewish underworld type during Prohibition and the Great Depression."

Pulitzer nominee and author - Alfred Fried

"Riveting.... The book sizzles with sex.... Its harrowing conclusion left me breathless. Hughes is a gifted writer."

Cavalcade columnist, Cleveland Jewish News - Violet Spevack

"Hughes does an outstanding job of not only bringing the Cleveland mafia underworld alive to a surprise ending, but also in describing the role of women in crime families and what people will do for money."

Editor, The Cleveland Press - David Goebel