White Shadow
375 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 2006
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ISBN: 9780425230541
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1 December 2009
Description
"This book succeeds both as a first-rate historical novel and as a superb crime story. It packs the emotional wallop of Dennis Lehane's Mystic River. It is as gritty as James Ellroy's L. A. Confidential. And yet, the prose is as lyrical as James Lee Burke's Crusader's Cross. With White Shadow, Atkins has found his true voice. "--Associated Press
1955: Tampa, Florida is a city pulsing with Sicilian and Cuban gangsters, cigar factories, sweet rum, and violence. The death of retired kingpin Charlie Wall--the White Shadow--has shocked the city, sending cops, reporters, and associates scrambling to find those responsible. For Charlie Wall had his secrets--secrets that if discovered could destroy a criminal empire and ignite a revolution.
1955: Tampa, Florida is a city pulsing with Sicilian and Cuban gangsters, cigar factories, sweet rum, and violence. The death of retired kingpin Charlie Wall--the White Shadow--has shocked the city, sending cops, reporters, and associates scrambling to find those responsible. For Charlie Wall had his secrets--secrets that if discovered could destroy a criminal empire and ignite a revolution.
