Moon Over Chicago
J. D. Webb
Amateur sleuth and cobbler Fulton Moon (yes his nickname is Full Moon) encounters beautiful and sinister Lucinda Mathews. Lucy, wife of prominent florist Arthur Mathews, wants to escape an abusive husband and Moon only wants to help. It isn’t that simple. Helping results in muggings, kidnapping, blackmail and, oh yes, even murder.
Moon’s adoptive father and mentor Benjamin Franklin Washington, proudly African-American, provides guidance, but no matter which way Moon, a devout Caucasian, turns, it’s the wrong way. And Benjie lets him know. Moon’s business partner and former girlfriend, Francesca Diverona also becomes a victim through his fumbled attempts to help Lucy.
Moon is beaten up more than once; has his shoe repair business, Moonshines, firebombed; and his car wrecked by a nemesis. Enlisting the assistance of the Chicago Police, ATF, FBI and EMTs, he avoids serious injury and several potential charges of criminal activity, wise cracking his way through the Chicago underworld and a couple of fine restaurants. Moon Over Chicago has humor, suspense, a little romance and more twists than a knuckleball at Wrigley Field.
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MOON OVER CHICAGO by J.D. Webb. What a fun read! Fulton (Full) Moon is a shoe cobbler like none you've ever seen. He doesn't take kindly to threats and has a contagious curiosity. When a supposedly battered wife comes to him for protection, little does he know that her husband, who owns a flower shop and a multitude of exotic cars as a front, is a tough guy with tougher friends. It gets worse and worse, as he is beaten up and his livelihood in the shoe repair shop, Moonshines, is threatened by the angry husband. The seemingly vulnerable gangster's wife has entrusted him with something that could blow the lid off and when she wants it back, we find out that we shouldn't trust first impressions.
J.D. writes in a funny, tongue-in-cheek style that is reminiscent of 1940's mystery series like Phillip Marlowe. It is a joy from front to back and leaves you wanting to read another of his books.
MORGAN ST. JAMES
"A Corpse in the Soup", a Silver Sisters Mystery
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