{"product_id":"2940171749309","title":"The Mobster's Lament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This whole thing has got police cover-up written all over it,¿ Ida said, rising.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Yup,¿ said Michael. `That¿s who we¿re up against.¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFall, 1947. New York City.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate Investigator Ida Davis has been called to New York by her old partner, Michael Talbot, to investigate a brutal killing spree in a Harlem flophouse that has left four people dead. But as they delve deeper into the case, Ida and Michael realize the murders are part of a larger conspiracy that stretches further than they ever could have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Ida¿s childhood friend, Louis Armstrong, is at his lowest ebb. His big band is bankrupt, he¿s playing to empty venues, and he¿s in danger of becoming a has-been, until a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd across the city, nightclub manager and Mob fixer Gabriel Leveson¿s plans to flee New York are upset when he¿s called in for a meeting with the `boss of all bosses¿, Frank Costello. Tasked with tracking down stolen Mob money, Gabriel must embark on a journey through New York¿s seedy underbelly, forcing him to confront demons from his own past, all while the clock is ticking on his evermore precarious escape plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay Celestin¿s third instalment in his multi-award-winning City Blues Quartet is both a gripping neo-noir crime novel and a vivid, panoramic portrait of New York amp;mdash; from its tenements to its luxury hotels, from its bebop clubs to the bustling wharves of the Brooklyn waterfront amp;mdash; all set as the Mob is rising to the height of its powers and Senator Joe McCarthy begins to plot his own reign of terror....\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. F. Howes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117914145008,"sku":"2940171749309","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171749309_p0.jpg?v=1763743471","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171749309","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}