This story opens with Frank on his way to meet his friend and Jui-Jitsu instructor Aurelio Santos. When he arrives at the gym, he finds the place covered with cops. His friend Aurelio has been the victim of a brutal shooting. With no suspects and nowhere to look, Frank vows to avenge Aurelio's death.
As he is trying to come up with leads to his friends murder, The Caro Group, an exclusive investigation firm, approaches him to, very quietly find two of their missing detectives. Caro Group doesn't want to give him any information to help him know where to look, as they consider it all confidential, so he turns them down.Then he is encouraged by his old boss, police captain Pomeroy, to take the case with the possibility of reinstatement to the force.
Frank learns from Pomeroy that the missing private detectives were investigating pea-shake houses, low rent transient gambling houses around the city. He soon learns the pea-shake houses are being busted down by a ruthless crime family, trying to shut them all down and take over. Getting nowhere on his friends murder, He begins to follow their trail and makes some gruesome discoveries along the way.
Meanwhile Franks girlfriend Susan has just told him she is pregnant, and true to his lone wolf nature, he shuts her out.
This book is gritty and dark and shows a crime family in the Schlegels that is truly horrifying. They give the Sopranoes a run for their money with their ruthlessness.
with all the twists and turns, you begin to wonder if anyone will survive. Will Frank be swallowed up by the darkness he's trying to fight?
This novel shows the reader a dark side of life most of us pray never to encounter. Levien takes the effort to lay out graphic and detailed fight scenes. I'm sure fight enthusiast will love it!
I give it a 7\10
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