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The Kiss Off

by Jim Cirni
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Overview

The Skyview Lounge is a mob joint in Queens. From behind the bar, Frank Fontana can watch the initiated of the outer-borough underworld socialize and enjoys it--until the bodies of his co-workers start piling up and his wife toys wi th the idea of blackmailing the Godfather.

The Skyview Lounge is a mob joint in Queens. From behind the bar, Frank Fontana can watch the initiated of the outer-borough underworld socialize and enjoys it--until the bodies of his co-workers start piling up and his wife toys wi th the idea of blackmailing the Godfather.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

In a gritty, insistent voice that grabs the reader from the first sentence, Frank Fontana, Akron-born accountant, narrates this superior suspense novel. Sick of the corporate routine of ``sleepwalking through the company chain of command,''Frank was relieved when the company finally fired him for nonfeasance. Now he is happy with his job tending bar at the Sky View out by LaGuardia Airport, especially since he has married Jackie, five-and-a-half feet of pure sensuality. Then the mob murders Frank's boss, Dusty Sands, apparently because Dusty tried to blackmail the top mobster, and Frank's in a bind because he's a witness to the murder. If he talks to the cops, the mob will probably rub him out too, but the cops are threatening to put him in jail if he doesn't open up. Cirni has a good ear for New York vernacular and he knows the city and its underworld. The action never lets up in this fast-paced thriller. (September 30)

Book Details

Published
July 28, 1999
Publisher
SohoCrime,US
Pages
266
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781569470367

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