His name was Rico...(I’ll bet there are some other Barry Manilow fans out there who want to sing “Copacabana” with me.)
Rico is an enforcer for Litvack, a gangster in Chicago. Litvack asks him to hang on to a priceless pigeon-blood red ruby necklace. Seems like an easy job, right? But somehow he manages to lose it to a guy who owes Litvack a ton of money. (Rico can't always seem to keep his priorities straight.)
So now all Rico has to do is track the guy down, get the necklace back, and make him pay. But in settling another score along the way, Rico misses his chance to take care of the thief in Chicago and has to follow the guy to Honolulu, where he's trying to reunite with his estranged wife. And then everything gets a lot messier and more complicated.
Before he knows it there are more people in the middle of the mess and Litvack orders Rico to take care of them, too. But are these just innocent bystanders, or is there more to them than meets the eye?
Pigeon-Blood Red was a really quick and enjoyable read, and it's the first book in a trilogy. Rico is definitely a character I’d love to see again—he’s a bit of a loose cannon but he also wants to do things his own way, which makes things fascinating and a bit messier than they need to be.
Book Publicity Services and the author, Ed Duncan, sent me a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an unbiased review. Thanks for making it available!
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