Bøger af Nick Chiarkas

"Gritty and thoroughly gripping." --John DeDakis, award-winning novelist"With Nunzio's Way, Nick Chiarkas is the Elmore Leonard of New York crime fiction."-- Barry Wightman, award-winning author of Pepperland and president of Wisconsin Writers Association"This high-octane thriller moves fast with a captivating mix of violence and compassion as rival street gangs fight for control."-- Greg Renz, award-winning author of Beneath the FlamesIn this city, you can have anything you want if you kill the right four people." Nunzio SabinoIn "Weepers," Angelo and his gang, with a bit of help from his beloved "uncle" Nunzio Sabino, defeated the notorious Satan's Knights. Now, in this standalone sequel to "Weepers," it's 1960 and Nunzio is still the most powerful organized crime boss in New York City, protecting what'shis with political schemes and 'business' deals. Against this backdrop of Mafia turf wars, local gang battles, and political power plays in the mayoral election, the bodies begin stacking up. An unlikely assassin arrives fresh from Naples after killing a top member of the Camorra to avenge the murder of her family. She blends seamlessly into the neighborhood and with the focus on the threat from the Satan's Knights, no one suspects that Angelo's father and Nunzio are next on her hit list. Nunzio has lived his entire life by the mantra: Be a fox when there are traps and a lionwhen there are wolves. Will Nunzio be a lion in time?

A compelling mystery/thriller by Nick ChiarkasIf it moves away from you, it's food; if it moves toward you, you're food.***Best Mystery Novel for 2017 the John E Weaver Excellent Reads Award by Earthshine***Third Place Winner-Best Novel of 2016 by the Public Safety Writers Association(PSWA)******Finalist for Best Young Adult Novel for 2016 by Bookvana******Finalist for Best Crossover (Mystery & Young Adult) Best Books Award for 2017******2015 Finalist for Best Book Award by Midwest Independent Publishers Association (MIPA) for Suspense/Thriller ***The 1957 murder of an undercover cop in a New York City housing project has unexpected ties to the unsolved disappearance of a young father walking home in those same projects with his son, Angelo, on Christmas Eve six years before. The only witness to the cop killing is Angelo, now 13, while on his way to seek his own revenge in the early morning hours. The killers know he saw them.A series of gripping events forge a union between a priest, a Mafia boss, a police detective, and Angelo, a gang member. In the end, Weepers shows us that the courage of the underdog--despite fear and moral ambiguity--will conquer intimidation.Read a review at the Middleton Times-Tribune

If it moves away from you, it's food; if it moves toward you, you're food. The 1957 murder of an undercover cop in a New York City housing project has unexpected ties to the unsolved disappearance of a young father walking home in those same projects with his son, Angelo, on Christmas Eve six years before. The only witness to the cop killing is Angelo, now 13, while on his way to seek his own revenge in the early morning hours-he is also seen by the killers. A series of gripping events forge a union between two priests, a Mafia boss, a police detective, and Angelo, a gang member. In the end, Weepers shows us that the courage of the underdog-despite fear and moral ambiguity-will conquer intimidation.