The Lion's Share is the 10th in the Jimmy Flannery series by Robert Campbell. It's on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about 5 1/2 more days. Most of the titles in this series have been free/$0.99 over the last few months, but I haven't seen this one marked down before.
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https://www.amazon.com/Lions-Share-J...dp/B01N6XUJGK/
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*** EDGAR and ANTHONY WINNING AUTHOR ***
Democratic committeeman, sewer inspector, and amateur sleuth Jimmy Flannery goes into action to expose a complex frame-up after a prostitute shows up dead in the bed of a Chicago politician and former congressman accused of corruption.
Old Chips Devlin had been Jimmy's mentor. Now the ninety-year-old former head of the Chicago Sewer Department is dead, and there's some pretty hard evidence Chips went out the sweetest way possible---with a lady in his bed. Then events take another screwy turn when Leo "the Lion" Lundatos shows up at the funeral to talk business with Jimmy.
It seems that Congressman Lundatos, who has spent the last year bucking a million ethics charges, wants to have a go at local office---this time with Jimmy Flannery as his running mate. Jimmy has a knack for finding things out, and that could be very useful to the Lion. For Jimmy, it's a shot at becoming alderman of the Eleventh, the mayor's ward, and wielding more power than he has ever known. That is, if he wants to hitch up with the likes of Lundatos.
Jimmy is mulling over the offer when an anonymous phone call urges him to go to a certain posh apartment in the glamorous Bridgeport district. Here, he's told, is the information he needs to make up his mind.
What he finds is a very dead, very naked woman in a tub filled with six inches of water. . .and not a drop of blood. Was she murdered --- or did she drowned? And could this unfortunate lady be related in any way to Chips Devlin's last "date"?
With the help of some old wad pals and some healthy street smarts, Jimmy begins to get to the bottom of things. Slowly, an incredible network of blackmail, duplicity, scheming pimps, wildly conniving spouses, and high-toned ladies of the pavement starts to unravel---and to reveal some mob-style politicians with none other than Jimmy Flannery in their sights.
“Campbell writes with wit and vigor. The comparison not unflattering is to Elmore Leonard.”
— Los Angeles Times
“Robert Campbell has his own sound; he is an awfully good writer.”
— Elmore Leonard
“Robert Campbell is one of the most stylish crime writers in the business.”
— New York Times
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