New York Scramble

Set in 1957 in New York City, Silva’s diverting crime novel opens with a bang with the shooting of Mafia boss Frank Caprizzi in a Manhattan hotel. Meanwhile, Joe Marlin, a cartoonist down on his luck, has recently moved to New York with his significant other, Gilda, an aspiring actress, in the hope of making a fresh start after being fired from an animation studio in California. But Joe soon finds himself in trouble when he agrees to do an errand for Tony Rickman, a producer Gilda met in Germany. Rickman asked him to pick up a package from a psychiatrist, Brian Haney, but when Joe arrives at Haney’s Upper West Side apartment, the doctor insists on being paid $1,000. After Joe calls Haney about the money, Rickman arrives on the scene, and a fight breaks out that leaves Haney dead. Joe’s agreement to keep quiet about what really happened complicates his life, but fortunately Caprizzi gets involved with him in a surprising way. Silva keeps the action moving briskly. [em](BookLife) [/em]