Jimmy Quinn knows bombs. He survived the Wall Street explosion of 1920. But twelve years later, when another blast rocks the alley behind his speakeasy, at the worst possible moment for him and Connie Nix, Jimmy realizes some explosions are personal.A crooked cop offers to "help" Jimmy secure his future, while a smooth-talking American Nazi waves a suspiciously fat check to buy him out. Then come the cryptic ledgers in the mail, a blonde from Jimmy's past who once disappeared without a word, and whispers of a missing $100,000 that rackets boss Jacob "the Wise" Weiss is sure Jimmy stole.As the pressure mounts, Jimmy is caught between gangsters, traitors, and old ghosts-all while the city teeters on the edge of chaos.It all comes to a deadly showdown in the Manhattan skyline, with Jimmy clinging to a stainless-steel gargoyle atop the Chrysler Building-fighting not just for survival, but for the last shred of control over his own fate.Will Jimmy make it alive to the ground floor? You cannot miss the ending to this book.
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