St. James Park -- John Doll, Hardcover
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20th Century, Fiction, Fiction - Historical, Hardcover, Historical, John Doll, Koehler Books, Noir, Political, Thrillers"A sweeping tale that offers lessons from the not-so-distant past." -Kirkus Reviews
"Doll masterfully reveals what lies just below the surface of every human soul." -Judge Paul Bernal, official historian of the City of San Jose
"Cinematic in its scope, St. James Park is a movie waiting to be made." -Joe Talbot, director of The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
In a time when department stores ruled downtowns, a prominent store heir is kidnapped in 1933 under suspicious circumstances, and Hoover's Bureau of Investigation sends cynical agent Louis Cooper to investigate.
Cooper discovers that this crime is only a prelude to a dangerous play by the local power structure to expand control amid spiraling economic disruption, labor unrest, and anti-immigrant racism.
As Cooper unravels long-standing but shifting alliances of business leaders, city officials, and mobsters, he learns who is behind the kidnapping and why-but not in time to prevent a raging mob bent on vengeance.
Author: John Doll
Publisher: Koehler Books
Published: 08/19/2025
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9798888248096