Boardwalk Empire era novel exposes Cleveland Mafia
National Book Award Winner endorses former Plain Dealer writer's story set amidst the mob.
- Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH (1888PressRelease) April 25, 2011 - Endorsed by Pulitzer Prize nominee Albert Fried and National Jewish Book Award Winner Joseph Kertes, journalist Babette Hughes has released her first in a series of historical novels.
The Hat (Sunstone Press, March 31, 2011)
historical fiction mystery/thriller, hardcover, 198 pages, $26.95, 9780865347847.
The Hat begins in Cleveland in 1929 with the murder of the godfather of the Jewish bootlegging world. The killer disappears without a trace and then in flashback we meet Kate Brady, who has just been fired from her job at Shapiro's Bakery. With an alcoholic mother and the joblessness of The Great Depression, Kate has little hope for a future until she meets magnetic and wealthy bootlegger Ben Gold. Ben's handsome bookkeeper Bobby Keane witnesses Kate & Ben's wedding. Amid the drama of Prohibition, The Great Depression and the birth of the Mafia, the novel ends in suspense, surprise and revelation.
Cleveland native and journalist Babette Hughes is a bootlegger's daughter whose father and uncle were murdered by the Mafia. She is the author of two nonfiction books-Lost and Found, a memoir and Why College Students Fail. Her articles have been published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland Magazine and Cleveland Press.
"A page-turner offering much more than thrills, Hughes has written a deeply felt and exquisitely detailed evocation of life's lessons."
- Michael Parker, Author & Professor, MFA Program in Creative Writing,
UNC, Greensboro
Visit the author at www.babettehughes.com and join her fans on Facebook.
Check out the book at Sunstone Press, www.sunstonepress.com
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