Speakeasy: A Novella

By: A. M. Dunnewin

Eddie Durante, the owner of a speakeasy who's supported by his mobster uncle, is a young widower after his wife is murdered by the Caprices, a rivaling mob family. After retaliating against them, Eddie is left with trying to move on until he's told that the Caprices have put a hit man in the speakeasy with his name on the list. However, things take an unexpected turn when Eddie instead starts to find the dead bodies of his relatives, the ones who had helped with the retaliation.

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Book Description

The novella is centered on Eddie Durante, owner of a speakeasy who's supported by his mobster uncle—the boss of the Durante family. Eddie is a young widower after his family's rival, the Caprice family, murdered his wife over a territory dispute. After devising a plan that retaliated against four of the rivaling capos, Eddie is left with the daunting task to try and move on. That is, until he's notified that the Caprices have put a hit man in the speakeasy—and Eddie's name is on the list. But things take an unexpected turn when Eddie instead starts to find the dead bodies of his relatives, the ones who had helped in the retaliation.

Behind the backdrop of jazz music and glistening flappers, murder after murder begins to unravel as revenge takes center stage, and Eddie soon learns that some secrets can't be taken to the grave.

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