Shoes On A Wire
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Last published Mon, Sep 5, 2016
Troy Clifton has aspirations for things bigger than broken beer bottles and drugs. His father is dead, his mother a drunk, his brothers futures are bleak and his friends are falling into the wrong crowd. That wrong crowd soon becomes his crowd. Drew King, leader of the Old Town Royals has a proposition to help Troy. He cant leave his family without money. Drews drug money could be Troys ticket to freedom... or jail.
Grant Donovans family has a dark past involving the mafia and gang wars in New york. He is recruited as a detective for the FBI to investigate the rising tensions between the Oldtown Royals, the East Side Ravens and The Mob in Chicago. His ex, Stella Harriet, a bigtime journalist is thrown into the mix with hard feelings and a new fiancée, Dan Kaiser the mayor. Not to mention his boss Greg Hamilton has a much different idea of justice than he does.
It seems like everyone in the city has something to do with the gang wars, whether past or present.
The unlikeliest of a pair meet in the unlikliest of a circumstance.
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