![]() You know you want to be on the other side, but you don’t trust your memories. You want to get laid more than you want to get even. The next seven years you crave freedom and things you remember from before. “The first seven years you’re in the can, all you can think about is revenge. Lowdown, a romantic thriller set in the world of New York City’s mafia families, has the best first paragraph I’ve read in a long time: Rapid-fire and richly imagined… a deliciously addictive urban crime thriller with a dark, deep heart and soul. Joanna Hershon, author of A Dual Inheritance Ed Falco, author of The Family Corleone and ToughsĪ suspenseful novel for all fans of organized crime stories but also for anyone who appreciates a tale of second chances, true romance and-ultimately-life’s elemental pleasures. If you like crime stories to ring true, with characters you can care about even if their moral compasses got shattered somewhere along the way, you’ll want to read Lowdown. ![]() Hannah Pittard, author of Visible EmpireĪ brass knuckle knockout of a gangster novel. It’s also a story of forgiveness, and the novel's final pages will leave you a little bit breathless, a little bit trying not to cry. A love story with a rugged sense of humor and a tender criminal at its heart. A worthy, character-driven crime novel.Ī novel to fall in love with. Schneider avoids pathos in this affecting tale of two star-crossed lovers as he paints a vivid picture of a crime family’s values, rules, and pecking order.. ![]()
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