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The Big Blowdown

(1996)
(The first book in the DC Quartet series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1999 Falcon Award

Washington DC 1946, Pete Karras and Joey Recevo find work after the war providing muscle for Mr Burke who runs a protection racket with the Mafia, but Pete Karras is too soft on his fellow immigrants. Three years later Pete and Joey meet up again for a final confrontation.


Genre: Mystery

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