Revenge is a dish best served cold, but the heat is on at the Galliano Club. Lido, New York. 1926. In this thrilling final installment of the Galliano Club historical fiction saga, the stakes are higher than ever when the club becomes a battleground for justice, power, and redemption. Widow of a Chicago hitman who worked for Al Capone, Hanna Gorski wants revenge for the murder of her sister. She thinks a letter written by Luca Lombardo, bartender at the Galliano Club, will help her find the killer.
But when Hanna arrives in Lido, she discovers that Luca is in jail. Luca faces trumped up charges of attempted murder and kidnapping the woman he hoped to marry. His opponent has money, status, and powerful connections. Everything a poor Italian immigrant like Luca doesn't. If he's found guilty, Luca will go to jail and Tess Kennedy will be forced into an arranged marriage. Not only that, but dangerous secrets from Luca's past will be exposed.
Meanwhile, bootlegger Benny Rotolo is still determined to seize the Galliano Club and turn the humble hangout for Italian workers into a swank speakeasy to make gangster Al Capone green with envy. Benny will do whatever it takes to make sure Luca stays in jail and out of the way. But Benny didn't bargain on Hanna Gorski. Staying out of the way isn't her style. The Godfather meets Cheers in the Galliano Club historical fiction thriller series! Italian immigrants, Chicago mobsters, and the Roaring Twenties come alive, equally gritty and glittering.
REVENGE AT THE GALLIANO CLUB is the final clash as Benny and Luca face off for control of the Galliano Club and Hanna gambles it all to find a killer. Grab a seat at the bar. You won't believe what happens when revenge is up for grabs."With the élan of E. L. Doctorow, Carmen Amato seamlessly merges historical characters with fictional creations. Al Capone, and Dean O'Banion's North Side gang all come alive." - Michael Hogan, author of Women of the Irish Rising"Splicing this all together is Amato's knowing eye for detail and intuitive feel for the temper of the times, the class divisions and the clannishness of immigrant communities struggling to make it in America .
Revenge is a dish best served cold, but the heat is on at the Galliano Club. Lido, New York. 1926. In this thrilling final installment of the Galliano Club historical fiction saga, the stakes are higher than ever when the club becomes a battleground for justice, power, and redemption. Widow of a Chicago hitman who worked for Al Capone, Hanna Gorski wants revenge for the murder of her sister. She thinks a letter written by Luca Lombardo, bartender at the Galliano Club, will help her find the killer.
But when Hanna arrives in Lido, she discovers that Luca is in jail. Luca faces trumped up charges of attempted murder and kidnapping the woman he hoped to marry. His opponent has money, status, and powerful connections. Everything a poor Italian immigrant like Luca doesn't. If he's found guilty, Luca will go to jail and Tess Kennedy will be forced into an arranged marriage. Not only that, but dangerous secrets from Luca's past will be exposed.
Meanwhile, bootlegger Benny Rotolo is still determined to seize the Galliano Club and turn the humble hangout for Italian workers into a swank speakeasy to make gangster Al Capone green with envy. Benny will do whatever it takes to make sure Luca stays in jail and out of the way. But Benny didn't bargain on Hanna Gorski. Staying out of the way isn't her style. The Godfather meets Cheers in the Galliano Club historical fiction thriller series! Italian immigrants, Chicago mobsters, and the Roaring Twenties come alive, equally gritty and glittering.
REVENGE AT THE GALLIANO CLUB is the final clash as Benny and Luca face off for control of the Galliano Club and Hanna gambles it all to find a killer. Grab a seat at the bar. You won't believe what happens when revenge is up for grabs."With the élan of E. L. Doctorow, Carmen Amato seamlessly merges historical characters with fictional creations. Al Capone, and Dean O'Banion's North Side gang all come alive." - Michael Hogan, author of Women of the Irish Rising"Splicing this all together is Amato's knowing eye for detail and intuitive feel for the temper of the times, the class divisions and the clannishness of immigrant communities struggling to make it in America .