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Queenpin : A classic story of underworld greed and betrayal, introducing a mesmerising and compelling unreliable narrator ..., EPUB eBook

Queenpin : A classic story of underworld greed and betrayal, introducing a mesmerising and compelling unreliable narrator ... EPUB

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If Abbott writes half a dozen more books as good as her first three... she will claim the throne as the finest prose stylist in crime fiction since Raymond Chandler San Francisco Chronicle

A young woman hired to keep the books at a down-at-heel nightclub is taken under the wing of the infamous Gloria Denton, a mob luminary who reigned during the Golden Era of Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. The moll to end all molls, Gloria is notoriously cunning and ruthless. She shows her eager young protegeethe ropes, ushering her into a glittering whirl of late-night casinos, racetracks, betting parlours, inside heists and big, big money. Suddenly, the world is at her feet -- as long as she doesnt take any chances, like falling for the wrong guy.

It all falls to pieces with a few turns of the roulette wheel, as both mentor and protegee scramble to stay one step ahead of their bosses and each other ...

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