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ISBN: 9798890597717
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ISBN: 9798212910262
| Runtime: | 13.23 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Thrillers |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
1955: Tampa, Florida is a city pulsing with Sicilian and Cuban gangsters, cigar factories, sweet rum, and violence. The death of retired kingpin Charlie Wall—the White Shadow—has shocked the city, sending cops, reporters, and associates scrambling to find those responsible. As the trail winds throughneighborhoods rich and poor, enmeshing the innocent and corrupt alike all the way down to the streets and casinos of Havana, an extraordinary story of revenge, honor, and greed emerges. For Charlie Wall had his secrets—secrets that if discovered could destroy a criminal empire and ignite a revolution.
“This book succeeds both as a first-rate historical novel and as a superb crime story. It packs the emotional wallop of Dennis Lehane’s Mystic River. It is as gritty as James Ellroy’s L.A. Confidential. And yet, the prose is as lyrical as James Lee Burke’s Crusader’s Cross. With White Shadow, Atkins has found his true
voice.”—Associated Press
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“This book succeeds both as a first-rate historical novel and as a superb crime story…With White Shadow, Atkins has found his true voice.” —Associated Press
“Atkins, who wrote an award-winning series of Tampa Tribune articles on real-life gangster Charlie Wall, uses the Mob boss’ 1955 murder as a launching point for an atmospheric tale of turf war between Sicilian and Cuban gangsters in Tampa’s Latin Quarter.” —Publishers Weekly
“Atkins makes 1950s Florida as cool and hip as tomorrow in this outstanding novel.” —Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Author
Author Bio: Ace Atkins
Ace Atkins is the New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which—The Ranger and The Lost Ones—were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In addition, he is the author of several New York Times bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times, a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and, in college, played defensive end for the undefeated Auburn University football team, for which he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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| Available Formats : | Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Thrillers |
| Runtime: | 13.23 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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