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Night Life first of a transporting historical crime fiction series from David C. Taylor.New York City in 1954. The Cold War is heating up. Senator Joe McCarthy is running a witch hunt for Communists in America. The newly formed CIA is fighting a turf battle with the FBI to see who will be the primary US intelligence agency. And the bodies of murdered young men are turning up in the city.Michael Cassidy has an unusual background for a New York cop. His father, a refugee from Eastern Europe, is a successful Broadway producer. His godfather is Frank Costello, a Mafia boss. Cassidy also has an unusual way of going about the business of being a cop-maybe thats why he threw a fellow officer out a third story window of the Cortland Hotel.Cassidy is assigned to the case of Alexander Ingram, a Broadway chorus dancer found tortured and dead in his apartment in Hells Kitchen.
About the Author
David C. Taylor was born in New York City where he was allowed to roam the city as a free-range child. When finally pushed out into adulthood, he moved to Los Angeles and spent twenty two years writing for movies and television. He has written an off-Broadway musical, magazine columns, and short stories. His Michael Cassidy novels are noir mystery/thrillers set in New York City during the 1950's. "Night Life" was a finalist for Best Novel at the 2016 Edgar Awards and won the 2016 Nero Wolfe Award. The latest Cassidy novel, "Night Watch" arrives on May 1, 2019.
