Can you keep your gelt and freedom when the cops have enough evidence to take you down?1930s Jewish gangster, Alex Cohen runs Murder Inc for Lucky Luciano. After the death of Prohibition he must find a new way to make money, just as the cops are baying at his heels. When Luciano goes down for racketeering, Alex loses his protection and is arrested for tax evasion-he must decide between saving his … between saving his skin and ratting out his friends.
If he chooses prison time then his gang will fall apart and he will end up with nothing. If he squeals then he will have to flee the city he loves and the family he once adored. What would you do in a world where nobody can be trusted and you have everything to lose?
The third book in the Alex Cohen series is an historical noir novel, which plunges you deep into the early days of narcotics trafficking and the Jewish New York mob. Leopold Borstinski’s piercing crime fiction delivers a fix to every reader like heroin from a needle.
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Working with mobster Lucky Luciano, Jewish gangster Alex Cohen needs to find a new way to make money. But when his boss is nabbed for racketeering, Alex is also arrested for tax evasion. Faced with saving himself or his friends, he must make a difficult decision – and the repercussions either way could be devastating.
This is the third book in Leopold Borstinski’s Alex Cohen series, charting the rise of an immigrant into the Jewish New York mob. Having read the first volume, I thought I knew what to expect. However, the writing this time round is tighter, and the action moves along at a swifter pace than before. The development of Alex’s character is also interesting, as it reveals his struggle to decide what is important to him and what the consequences could be if he makes the wrong choice. I did feel with this one that the author has worked harder at making the main character more appealing (which I didn’t find with the first book).
Setting the series within actual events and with real people, adds a nice touch too, giving the whole thing a sense of realism that aids the general believability of the story. All in all, an enjoyable read that will appeal to lovers of gun-toting gangsters everywhere.
The exciting story of Alex Cohen continue as he works with well-known gangsters to continue his life of crime. His relationship to his wife and family suffer, but he has several jobs as a board member for Murder Corporation. The writing is smooth and makes for an easy read while providing good mental images. I enjoyed the criminal activity and the interplay between the mobsters.
Dry saga of mob murders in the 1930s in New York – 3.5 stars
Alex Cohen rose up from poverty and became one of the leading gangsters in New York City. When Tom Dewey starts investigations after prohibition ends, Alex is near the top of the list.
Alex made his money from liquor and sex during prohibition. He transitions to drugs but runs a foul of the IRS by not reporting all his income. Alex has few moments of introspection. He shrewdly calculates how to kill each marked man and preserve the organization until it turns on him because he is not Italian.
Alex’s code of honor is clear – never be a rat and always support the organization. His executions are nearly always simple and quick without endangering the public.
Would you give this man a stiff sentence?
Good gangster book set in the 1930s. Like The Untouchables only better. A one
night read for me as I couldn’t put it down. Wonderful characters, wonderful book.
Highly Recommended. An ARC book this is my freely given, honest review.
This is the third book of about Alex Cohen and this is really the best book yet. We find Alex at the end of prohibition wondering what to do with the organization. Meanwhile the FBI has a new head prosecutor, Thomas Dewey, who is determined to take crime out of the city.
The book follows along a time in history when organized crime was very prevalent. Mr. Borstinski writes a compelling book that is honest and doesn’t hold back. The storyline is well written, it flows from chapter to chapter keeping you in suspense and wondering what is going to happen next. Mr. Borstinski has written an excellent book, I am so impressed!!
EBook review: MIDTOWN HUCKSTER by Leopold Borstinski
(M) erging
( I ) nterests
(D) ividing
(T) asks
(O) utweighing
(W) hat
(N) eed
(H) ighly
(U) urgent
(C) onsider
(S) olution
(T) o
(E) scape
(R) epercussions
MIDTOWN HUCKSTER settles in, offers to resolve.
Has done quite well, where everyone wins.
Or so it had been, things are changing.
New enemy from without, shaking the box.
Never before had questioned, who friends were.
Hitting closer to home, as time passes.
Who to root for, I am wondering?
Feeling guilty because of, what they do.
Jump in with me, journey with them.
Life is complicated not, black or white!