Tri-City Sting
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The most spine-chilling gangster, Frank Mooney, has seized hold of Rock Island by fear. He controls the police, the politicians, and citizens alike with blackmail and terror all-the-while profiting from his underground speakeasies, gambling joints, and prostitution ring. But all of this is not enough. Frank Mooney wishes to steal control over all of the tri-cities, starting first with his well established, yet much more likable rival, Joe Bybee.
Frank Mooney and Joe Bybee fight for dominance over the area, Mooney by force, and Bybee by guile, but both men have guns, blackmail, and deception at their fingertips. What the opponents fail to realize is that there is a third contender in their games. Known only as "The Scorpion", a vicious leader from the forgotten third city of Moline, threatens to take over Rock Island and Davenport as well. Will Frank and Joe get stung?
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