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Dateline Chicago, 1946: Policy, the illegal lottery, makes millions
of dollars for racketeers in Chicago’s black community. But the
numbers don’t add up when kingpin Ed Jones is kidnapped. Who
grabbed him? The mob? Another policy wheel operator? And why?
 Gus Carson, World War II veteran, a survivor of the sinking
of his ship in the Pacific. A Chicago cop, he’s suspended for a
late night shooting at a brothel. Enter wealthy politico Arvis
Hypoole. He hires Gus to find Jones. The caveat: He’s got one
week to do it. The challenge: Everyone’s looking for Jones and
most don’t want to find him alive.  Author Steve Monroe
offers another slice of underworld life told through fact-based
fiction. And his protagonist, Carson, is the conduit to the
intrigue. Haunted and violent, he staves off pressure with a
wisecrack or a hard cross to the jaw. He navigates through a world
of gambling, nightlife, shady politics and murder, all the while
seeking much more than the kidnapping victim. He’s seeking
redemption. And there is only one time and one city in which he can
find it: ’46, Chicago.
A slice of underworld life, ’57, Chicago is a fact-based
fictional thriller. The banker’s dead—a mob killing with
repercussions. Money’s tied up. Three men are on a collision
course: Al. He’s a layoff bookie, thinks he can live as a
middleman between his customers and the Outfit. His credo: Never
take a position. The Lip. Desperate and dangerous, he’s a fight
promoter trying to create the fight of a lifetime. The Hammer. A
great black hope. He’s a boxer, thrust into an uncomfortable
limelight. A potential heavyweight champ, his biggest fight is with
himself. The cops swarm. The gangsters rage. One night. One fight.
No way they can all win. The heat’s intense, the stakes are high
and the outcome’s impossible to predict. The mystery: Who makes
it out alive? It’s a bloody, savage night in ’57, Chicago.
What is this book about? Is it adventure? Is it travel? Is it i--
shing? Is it about Michigan or the Caribbean. Is it a wander lust
or is it goal setting? Is it the mid life crisis of a disgruntled
screen printer? Whatever it's about, I hope you enjoy reading it. I
sure had fun writing it while reliving a few extraordinary
experiences of my life.
Present day: A major mob bust going down. The FBI pulls back
surveillance, a killer flees. There’s slaughter in the ’burbs
of Chicago; a murderer heads downtown. Why did he do it? Where is
he going? Above all, what will he do next? Detective Wallace Greer
and his partner, Romar Jones, are hot on the killer’s trail. They
give chase through the Gold Coast and its tony restaurants, under
the El in the East Loop, by Lake Michigan and the Chicago River,
following the evidence, but always slightly behind; bodies mark the
route. Five days in a cold Chicago winter. Motives collide. Psyches
split. There’s no rest, no time; it’s all angles and action.
They have to head off the killer, prevent killings too close to
home. But can they catch him? Kill him? There’s only one way to
find out.
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