I love this series about a Jewish mobster, told from his early beginnings on arrival in New York from Europe in the early 1900's and continuing to tell his story through each decade thereafter. And this, the fourth in the series is the best so far (in my very humble opinion)! Alex walks out of... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Midtown Huckster (Alex Cohen #3) by Leopold Borstinski
I'm thoroughly enjoying this series about immigrant Jewish gangster Alex Cohen who has risen through the ranks of the New York mob. It's now the 1930's and he's running Murder Inc. for Lucky Luciano. Basically, he's managing hits on whoever falls foul of Lucky's syndicate. But Prohibition is coming to an end, and with it,... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – East Side Hustler by Leopold Borstinski
I thoroughly enjoyed the first instalment of the life of Alex Cohen aka Fabian Mustard, which I read about in The Bowery Slugger, and as the story continues here, I think it gets even better! At the end of the first book, we see Alex jumping on a train, escaping the Lower East Side -... Continue Reading →