Murder in the Bronx

By Russell J Kratz

During a brutal and violent transit strike in New York City in 1916, Jake Pratt's brother Frank is killed when a street car jumps the tracks and smashes into the jitney in which he was riding. Jake, a reporter for the New York World, suspects his brother's death was not an accident. Strikers sabotaged the street cars as a weapon against the owners of the street car companies. He suspects his brother's death was a result of such sabotage. He takes it upon himself to learn the circumstances surrounding his brother's death. To his horror his investigation leads to a member of his own family. The events that follow almost destroy him. The story tells how Jake attempts to resolve the conflicts within his family and within himself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600476295
• ISBN13: 9781600476297
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Winterlight Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.4" x 5.0"