TY  - BOOK
AU  - Celestin,Ray
TI  - The mobster's lament
SN  - 1509838961
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Pan Books
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
KW  - History
KW  - 1898-1951
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
N2  - "New York 1947 Mob fixer Gabriel leveson needs to leave this city behind. But his plans to flee are upset when he's given a job by the boss of all bosses, Frank Costello. A job he can't turn down...
Meanwhile, a killing spree in a Harlem flophouse has left an innocent black man on Death Row. In order to save him, the man's father - ex-private investigator Michael Talbot - and his old partner Ida Young must track down the real killer.
While acress town, Ida's childhood friend Louis Armstrong is on the brink of bankruptcy, until a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career." -- Back cover
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