[The Yankee Club A Jake and Laura Mystery #1] EBOOK DOWNLOAD

Read & Download å PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free Þ Michael Murphy

Free download ´ The Yankee Club A Jake and Laura Mystery #1 å PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free In Michael Murphy’s action packed Prohibition era novel of suspense a mystery writer returns to the bright lights and dark alleys of New York City uncovering a criminal conspiracy of terrifying proportions   In 1933 America is at a crossroads Prohibition will soon be history organized crime is rampant and President Roosevelt promises to combat the Great Depression with a New Deal In these uncertain times former Pinkerton detective turne. Woo wee I loves me some noir And this is noir done RIGHT It has all the fixin s extremely likable protagonist who routinely gets brutalized beautiful dames with secrets to hide a case that unfolds in layers and some swell Prohibition name droppingAdd to that a slightly modern flavor of the author not shying away from four letter words when they re needed Part of me hopes this is the beginning of a series but most of me is satisfied to let this wonderful novel end with its appropriate last line

Free download ´ The Yankee Club A Jake and Laura Mystery #1 å PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free Heir old ueens neighborhood Suddenly Jake and Laura are plunged into a conspiracy that runs afoul of gangsters sweeping from New York’s private clubs to the halls of corporate power and to the White House itself Brushing shoulders with the likes of Dashiell Hammett Cole Porter and Babe Ruth Jake struggles to expose an inconspicuous organization hidden in plain sight one determined to undermine the president and change the country forever. What a wild ride that was From an assassination attempt on Franklin Roosevelt to a plot to overthrow the government thwarted by mystery writer Jake Donovan and his childhood friends There were enough real people co mingled with the fictitious characters I found myself searching the internet to see what was real FDR Joseph Kennedy Cole Porter Ethel Merman Dashiell Hammett Lillian Hellman were all likely to rub shoulders with Jake Frankie Gino and Danny from the neighborhood There were so many plot twists and surprise saves it kept my heart pumpingI m looking forward to the next adventure with Jake and Laura

Read & Download å PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free Þ Michael Murphy

Free download ´ The Yankee Club A Jake and Laura Mystery #1 å PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free D bestselling author Jake Donovan is beckoned home to Manhattan He has made good money as the creator of dashing gumshoe Blackie Doyle but the price of success was Laura Wilson the woman he left behind Now a Broadway star Laura is engaged to a millionaire banker and waltzing into a dangerous trap   Before Jake can win Laura back he’s nearly killed and his former partner is shot dead after a visit to the Yankee Club a speakeasy dive in t. Michael Murphy takes us back to the Prohibition era America in 1933 in a tour de force of noir fiction Jake Donavan a writer of mystery novels featuring detective Blackie Doyle returns to New York to finish his latest novel after spending some time in Florida nursing the wounds of his breakup with actress Laura Wilson Before turning to writing Jake had been a cop and then a PI He looks up his old pal Mickie and they go the speakeasy The Yankee Club Mickie is working on a case but will not tell Jake what it involves Mickie turns up dead at his office which has been ransacked Jake runs into Laura there and wonders why she is there late at night They combine forces to hunt for Mickie s killerBut Jake knows very little about what is really afoot Laura is by now engaged to an obnoxious rich guy who is part of some nefarious scheme to get rid of Franklin Roosevelt who is in the process of implementing the New Deal Joe Kennedy is working for Roosevelt who is setting up a Securities Exchange Commission Roosevelt s plans are making some bankers nervous and they are hatching a scheme to topple RooseveltFamous historical characters crop up from time to time as Jake moves around New York Jake rubs shoulders with Cole Porter Ethel Merman and Dashiel Hammett among othersThis is a highly entertaining novel very skillfully written Murphy has done a great job of creating a story that reads like it could have been written by one of the greats of noir fiction I highly recommend itDisclosure My copy of this novel was provided via NetGalley