Posts Tagged ‘New York’
Welcome to Jimmy’s Place, by Michael Mayo
Welcome to Jimmy’s Place, by Michael Mayo It’s 1934. Prohibition has been repealed. Jimmy’s Place is almost legal and it’s more popular than ever. But all is not well for young Mr. Quinn. Connie wants to unload a fabulous golden egg, possibly Fabergé, and go to Paris. A couple of millionaires and a secret society…
Read MoreJimmy and Fay, by Michael Mayo
Jimmy and Fay, by Michael Mayo It’s March 2, 1933. King Kong is premiering at Radio City Music Hall, and Fay Wray is about to become the most famous actress on earth. So what’s she doing hanging around a rundown Manhattan speakeasy? This Hollywood scream queen has come to see Jimmy Quinn, a limping tough guy who…
Read MoreEveryone Goes to Jimmy’s, by Michael Mayo
Everyone Goes to Jimmy’s, by Michael Mayo Young Jimmy Quinn is delivering a bribe for the infamous racketeer Arnold Rothstein when a bomb goes off on Wall Street, killing thirty people and scaring every banker in the city right down to his spats. Twelve years later, Rothstein is dead, and Jimmy is doing his best…
Read MoreJimmy the Stick, by Michael Mayo
Jimmy the Stick, by Michael Mayo Jimmy Quinn was a gunman, bootlegger, and bagman, running with mobsters the likes of Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll, until a bullet in the leg and the murder of Arnold Rothstein ended his career. Quinn bought a speakeasy in downtown Manhattan and settled into a…
Read MoreIllicit Trade, by Michael Niemann
Illicit Trade (6×9 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60381-589-5, 244, $14.95) is the all-new second book in Michael Niemann’s Valentin Vermeulen mystery/thriller series. The story takes place in New York City, Newark, Vienna, and Nairobi. When two illegal immigrants with forged UN papers are found dead, Vermeulen is assigned to investigate. The case will take him deep…
Read MoreA Kosher Dating Odyssey, by Van Wallach
A Kosher Dating Odyssey: One Former Texas Baptist’s Quest for a Naughty & Nice Jewish Girl (204 pages), a humorous memoir about the special challenges of dating when you’re an ex-Baptist Jewish intellectual single guy. “The perfect mixture of self-deprecating humor and introspection.” —Hilary Daninhirsch, ForeWord Digital Reviews “A humorous exploration of cross-faith dating, A…
Read MoreA Reader’s Companion to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (Second Edition), by Peter G. Beidler
The second edition of A Reader’s Companion to J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye by Peter G. Beidler is a valuable and entertaining resource for American literature students as well as fans of J.D. Salinger and his ground-breaking novel. “For those of us who have not read or taught The Catcher in the Rye for…
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