Curse of Al Capone's Gold

by Mike Thompson

Book Overview

It was a simple plan. Andy Larson, a veteran of the Great War who is now a North Dakota cop, along with four close friends, will hijack a truckload of bootleg booze coming in from Canada. To Larson,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594146349
• ISBN13: 9781594146343
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Five Star (ME)
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

A Fast Paced Mystery

This mystery keeps you guessing about what is going to happen. as all mystery readers do, I thought I had it figured out after chapter 40, but as all great mystery writers do, Mike proved me very wrong. It was hard to put down after I started reading it. Mike's knowledge of North Dokata and the booze running times is very evident throughtout the book. His discriptions makes you feel like you were ther looking out from behing the cases of whiskey.

An exceptional book

A fast paced page turner, hard to put down. Mr Thompson, originally from North Dakota has pretty much hit the nail on the head with the history of the bootleg days of the 20's. The book makes you look at Andy Larson as a good old boy even if he is stealing from criminals. More Andy larson books please!

A good caper

In North Dakota rogue cop Andy Larson supplements his income by stealing from criminals especially bootleggers. He and four of his friends plan to hijack a truckload filled with illegal booze, but to his dismay everything turns ugly as bullets fly. The four bootleggers and one of Larson's allies are dead. When the dust settles, the four survivors look inside the truck to find a cache of gold coins. Andy knows he needs to cover up the disaster from his work peers and elude the owner of the coins, mobster Al Capone. As he struggles with both, Andy tries to figure out how to dispose of bodies, alcohol, and coins without the cops or the Chicago mob knowing it was him. Except for the illegal booze and names like Capone, this prohibition crime caper could take place in any twentieth century era as the action-packed story line lacks a distinct 1920s flavor to it. The story line is fast-paced and filled with gunfights that make the Valentine's Day massacre look like a cozy. With the blood flowing and the audience wanting Andy to get his comeuppance as a bad cop, readers will be reminded of marihuana busts in the south and southwest in the 1960s as Mike Thompson provides a graphic shoot out. Harriet Klausner