Galen Slaughter and Joe
Beringer are partners at the Greater Gotham Detective Agency. Although very
different men in many ways, both are veterans of the World War who share a
remarkable proficiency with fists and firearms. Their lives since the Armistice
have been far from peaceful but the greatest challenge of all comes during the
first fifteen days of 1933. At a time when the Depression is at its absolute
worst they find themselves part of a small band of men and women tasked with
protecting the unsuspecting millions of New York City from a mysterious new
criminal organization. Outnumbered and out-gunned by gangsters and corrupted
police officers alike, they must also contend with the bitter realization that
even heroes have dark secrets.
Manhattan Masquerade (Mystery
Thriller)
“Greater Gotham Detective
Agency Book 1”
By Michael Howard
Independent Publishing
Platform
ISBN
# 978-1543158069
Price
$15.99
638
Pages
Rating
5-Stars
“The
Action Never Slows”
The New York underworld has a
new crime mastermind calling himself Tanas Fericul (change the letters around
and you get Satan Lucifer). Mobsters are disappearing, and the Mob is worried. Galen
Slaughter of the Greater Gotham City Detective Agency is already working on the
case for personal reasons. His partner, Joe Beringer is drawn into the case
when Richard Whiting hires him to trail the beautiful heiress, Jessica
Silverton. Then he discovers that his secretary, Betty Kern is secretly
reporting to Whiting behind his back. And Linwood Hewitt’s Trans-Global
Detective Agency also has agents working on the case.
This is a non-stop action
thriller from the first page, and the action never slows down. It covers the
first 15 days of January in 1933, and there is something going to happen on the
last day. Not only is there a good mystery within the criminal element, there
are things the detective agency wants kept hidden also. The story is steeped in
foreign and national espionage.
The mysterious Wrath is back
after years of silence, and could be a new person wearing strange costume. And
who is the great American spy of WWI, known as The Peacemaker, and why is he
involved. And if that wasn’t enough, the beautiful WWI spy known as R-1 is also
involved some way. All right, I’m going out on a limb now. This has got to be
the best new pulp novel for not only 2017, but possibly for the last decade.
Not only is it a spy thriller, it is the shadow world of the 1930’s, and pulp
heroes, all rolled into one. This novel should win all kinds of awards in the
pulp community. Highly recommended.
Tom Johnson
Author of THE MAN IN THE
BLACK FEDORA
