A Bayside City Book Series

DEAD SOPRANO, A BAYSIDE CITY BOOK, EPISODE ONE Only the strong will survive in this city in turmoil! The four ethnic mobs of Bayside City are vying for control of the town, and they will stop at nothing to get it. There's not a lot to stop them other than a few honest cops and each other. One man, Detective Sergeant Dick Devereux, has the world on his shoulders as he tries to fight injustice in this noir-style, hardboiled gangster thriller. After the death of his wife and daughter accidentally at the hands of rival mobs a few years before, Devereux wants vengeance. A body's been found in the Docklands area, that of Mario Zambrotta, a famous opera singer, and Devereux's on the case. He suspects the Jews did it headed by Avi Baumshinsky. As he goes about town looking for suspects, he unravels some dark secrets from the highest echelons of the city's government. Dead Soprano, A Bayside City Book, Episode One, is the first instalment of five to come: Purple Haze, Red Magic, Honey Bee, Killer Toast and the last in the series, Tiger Dawn!

PURPLE HAZE, A BAYSIDE CITY BOOK , EPISODE TWO  Only the strong will survive in this city in turmoil!  The four ethnic mobs of Bayside City are vying for control of the town, and they will stop at nothing to get it. There's not a lot to stop them other than a few honest cops and each other. One man, Detective Sergeant Dick Devereux, has the world on his shoulders as he tries to fight injustice in this noir-style, hardboiled gangster thriller.  Out of the police force by Patrick Manning, Devereux still wants to fight the crime and corruption he sees in Bayside City, but this time in his own way. A new drug has entered town, Purple Haze, and it's all Baumshinsky's doing. Can Devereux stop him before it's too late and stop an epidemic of gargantuan proportions?

RED MAGIC, A BAYSIDE CITY BOOK, EPISODE THREE  Only the strong will survive in this city in turmoil!  Avi Baumshinsky has grand plans to make his newly-refurbished Red Magic club the best in the country after Massimo Bertoni's boys hit it, though pressure is mounting for the Jewish kingpin in the Docklands over Purple Haze and it's giving him nightmares. Dick Devereux, no longer a cop but a self-styled vigilante for justice even if he doesn't like the term himself, is just one of them. Problems are also mounting for Mayor Ralph Dickerson, trying to juggle the upcoming mayoral election while appeasing the corrupt Police Commissioner Patrick Manning along with the mob factions in town.

HONEY BEE, A BAYSIDE CITY BOOK, EPISODE FOUR  Only the strong will survive in this city in turmoil!  After Devereux's spent a few days in Arizona with his friend Phillip Randall, on his way back to the East Coast he meets a mysterious young woman called Joan. Joan's a lonely soul who wants to help the ex-cop in his fight back in Bayside City. Bertoni, meanwhile, has hired the cruel hitman George Drago to do his dirty work. Across town, Avi Baumshinsky's Purple Haze drug empire is going from strength to strength. Things are also hotting up for Mayor Ralph Dickerson's reelection, too.  Where will it all lead? Find out in this, the fourth instalment of the Bayside City series of hardboiled noir crime fiction books.

KILLER TOAST, A BAYSIDE CITY BOOK, EPISODE FIVE Only the strong will survive in this city in turmoil! The election for a new mayor is getting nearer, and Ralph Dickerson is in a confident mood: he thinks he's got the votes in the bag, but has he? Meanwhile Detective Raymond Chuck has joined Devereux's cause. As usual, things are as violent and corrupt as ever in the Bayside City underworld, with murders and backstabbing galore. Will Massimo Bertoni and Avi Baumshinsky get their just deserts? Read on in this, the fifth instalment of the Bayside City series of hardboiled noir crime fiction books.

TIGER DAWN, A BAYSIDE CITY BOOK, EPISODE SIX Only the strong will survive in this city in turmoil! The election for the Bayside City mayor is only days away, and the Italians, Irish and Jews are ready for all-out war. Devereux and his motley crew of vigilantes know if they don't fight dark days await their town. George 'The Silencer' Drago, too, is fighting his own personal war and the restoration of his reputation - he has a man in his sights, and won't stop until he gets him. Tiger Dawn is the final instalment of the Bayside City hardboiled Noir crime fiction series.

Bayside City, Bullet City in a word. A place where violence and death are never very far away... The Irish, Italian, Polish and Jewish mobs are all fighting for supreme power in town, but only one can come out on top. With only a few tough and honest cops to keep order, the Police Department - run by a bent Police Commissioner and Mayor - has its work cut out. Bullet City is a hardboiled noir crime fiction epic set in 1930's America.