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Felterman, Parker

 
9781475974133: The Revolver
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ISBN 10: 1475974132 ISBN 13: 9781475974133
Verlag: iUniverse, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Jack Jayson is a private investigator in New Orleans in 1984. The city is rife with greed, corruption, and murder, and not even the police seem qualified to put a stop to the gangsters running the show. Jayson is happy to stay out of it—until a mysterious woman shows up at his office and he finds himself unable to deny her request. Melissa Gianni’s husband was found dead, and everything points to a powerful underworld figure. The police turned her away, so she looks to Jayson for justice. She hires him to hunt down the villain who put her husband in the grave. Jayson has no idea, however, that his life is about to go haywire. The deeper he gets into the investigation, the more he realizes he has no one to turn to and no one to trust. To Jayson, even the police commissioner is suspect. After a break in the case, Jayson realizes the murder of Melissa’s husband is related to the death of Jayson’s own brother. What began as a search for justice has become a bloody vendetta for this PI. His actions are amidst a gruesome gang war, and he’s about to make it worse. Or, for once, could the Crescent City find a little peace?

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THE REVOLVER

By PARKER FELTERMAN

iUniverse, Inc.

Copyright © 2013 Parker Felterman
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4759-7413-3

Contents

Prologue: Jackson Square...................................................x
Chapter One: An Intricate Case.............................................1
Chapter Two: The Commissioner..............................................8
Chapter Three: The Shack...................................................4
Chapter Four: Jean Redcliff................................................8
Chapter Five: Allies and Enemies...........................................1
Chapter Six: The Next Level................................................7
Chapter Seven: Don Moretti.................................................3
Chapter Eight: Behind Bars.................................................1
Chapter Nine: A Day in Court...............................................51
Chapter Ten: Officer Smith.................................................55
Chapter Eleven: Sacrifices.................................................61
Chapter Twelve: The Light Brigade..........................................66
Chapter Thirteen: A Night of Luxury........................................71
Chapter Fourteen: Bill's Advice............................................80
Chapter Fifteen: Jean's Stash..............................................86
Chapter Sixteen: From the Chinese..........................................93
Chapter Seventeen: The Good Stuff..........................................97
Chapter Eighteen: A Game of Chess..........................................104
Chapter Nineteen: The Triangle's Thread....................................111
Chapter Twenty: Dead End...................................................116
Chapter Twenty-One: The Bounty Hunter......................................123
Chapter Twenty-Two: Escape.................................................131
Chapter Twenty-Three: Surprise.............................................137
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Hideout (Sorry, Safe House).......................145
Chapter Twenty-Five: Dinner................................................151
Chapter Twenty-Six: After-Dinner Fun.......................................157
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Hangover.............................................162
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Shopping Spree.......................................167
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Ties to Ties..........................................175
Chapter Thirty: The Trail..................................................180
Chapter Thirty-One: Discoveries............................................184
Chapter Thirty-Two: His Daughter...........................................190
Chapter Thirty-Three: The Shipment.........................................195
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Battle............................................203
Chapter Thirty-Five: Yakuza................................................208
Chapter Thirty-Six: Alberto Piozzi.........................................212
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Involving a Pie......................................219
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Chicago-Bound........................................223
Epilogue: Back to Today....................................................233
A List of Mafioso Terms and Known New Orleans Individuals..................235

Excerpt

CHAPTER 1

AN INTRICATE CASE


THE YEAR WAS 1984. I sat behind my desk; feet folded on top,as I looked up from my book and read backwards the frostedglass window. It read "Jack Jayson, Private Eye." The framedarkened as a shadowy figure materialized from the next room. Incame a beautiful specimen of a woman. A high-heeled, red-headedwonder, she all but stalked to my desk with tears in her eyes.

Her hair was as orange as fire and her eyes as blue as the Gulf.She had light freckles on her nose, light makeup completing herfeatures. Her clothing included a knee-length skirt, a recent fashionstatement that's been brought back, with a black undershirt andone of those blue-jean jackets; she had the faint scent of lavenderperfume, her accessories completed with a plastic headband on herhead. A woman who has been pampered but knew her place.

Although she was in such a panic-stricken state, I could sensean air of defiance around her, an air of danger. Even with worrypainted across her face like the Mona Lisa was painted acrossbrilliance, she was stunning enough to dry most men's tongues.

Fortunately for me, I wasn't most men. I listened carefully asshe began a grand story about her husband's homicide.

"Detective," she started, "I have no one else to go to. The boysin blue basically turned me away, and I'm risking my life justcoming here." She composed herself, taking deep breaths beforecontinuing, slower. "De Luca murdered my husband. He's afterme. It has to be him. My husband Frank had ties with the Familyand he told the Commissioner, Antonio Dupes, everything aboutit! Frank was a good man. You have to do whatever you can. Itstarted with Frank, but then my uncle disappeared, and then mybrother. Detective, they all died today. I want to be in court one daysoon to find the scumbag found guilty for murder and everythingelse he's done!"

I pondered for a moment before I answered. "Tell me exactlywhat happened." She seemed nervous. She bit her lower lip. "Ms.Gianni, if you want me to bring justice to this man, you will tellme everything." She nodded.

"Frank had been a Made Man in the De Luca Mafia. He madea mistake, and I had found out quickly. A day later we received atrout wrapped in newspaper on our doorstep." I gave her a curiouslook. She understood. "It's a message. It means that someone inour house will end up sleeping with the fishes. It means they weregoing to kill Frank.

"We had decided it was best to stay apart. He got an apartmenton Camp Street, we didn't tell anyone. I stayed at our house sono one would know. The plan had been for him to meet with theCommissioner and we would leave the city under the WitnessProtection Program. Something went wrong."

"Is there no one else who could have done this? Enemies of yourhusband? Another mobster?" She shook her head furiously. I drewin a deep breath. "It's a deal. Here's my card and a list of paymentoptions. Here's a notebook. I need all names and addresses of yourrelatives, the officer you spoke to, the weapon used: everything. Iwill make you a promise: I will do whatever is within my power tobring this man to justice."

Satisfied, she wrote down a few details. An address, theweapon (a 9mm handgun), and then I watched Ms....

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Verlag
iUniverse
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
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ISBN 13 
9781475974133
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