American Rhetoric

February, 1942: T. L. S. Normandie, the world’s most famous luxury liner of the time, has just been set alight and burned to the water-line in New York Harbor initiating wide spread panic in fear of German saboteurs.

In one of the strangest decisions of the war Naval Intelligence opts to approach the only people who can help. The New York Mafia.

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mmIn one of the strangest decisions of the war Naval Intelligence opts to approach the only people who can help. The New York Mafia.

In the midst of the all the double-dealing and uneasy alliances Mike ‘Doc’ McKeowen, a New York P.I., is drawn into events much larger than even he can suspect. Whether you beleive the link between the federal government and organised crime is a slender thread, or as Mario Puzo wrote:

” contemporary America, where law and organized crime are one and the same.” – Mario Puzo