Review: A film noire story in print.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2013
It's the late 20's - prohibition is in full swing - jobs are disappearing fast - stock market about to crash - an idealistic prosecutor in his first encounter with organized crime and city politics - an upcoming crime boss without honor or morals - an established crime boss with a code of honorable conduct - and a young man turning his life around after a shaky start.Their lives, values, and self interest collide when the young man is present at the killing of a local clothes designer and later the clothes designer's girlfriend. Was the young man being framed or did he do it? Is it right to create the illusion of cleaning up crime by arresting and convicting people because of their past? Is a crime boss really a criminal just because he is supplying product demanded by the average citizen?Each in their own way resolve their dilemma. Who lives? Who dies? Who lives to die later?You'll have to read it to find out.