Bigger Than Brooklyn: A Gritty Crime Thriller Set in 1972 New York

Brooklyn, 1972.The heat is unforgiving, the streets are restless, and every decision can get you killed.Bennie Esposito once had a chance to leave his neighborhood behind. One mistake ended his baseball future and sent him back to Bensonhurst, where he spends long days sweeping hair in his father’s barbershop and wondering if his life has already been decided.When he hits the number in an illegal lottery, Bennie believes his luck has finally turned. Instead, collecting the payout pulls him into the sights of a ruthless mobster with something to prove and a long memory for debts.That summer surges with racial tension, mob trials, and old scores settling in blood. Bennie finds a glimmer of something better in Julia Keenan, a sharp-witted bartender trying to hold her fractured family together. But when her brother returns from Vietnam with secrets that could destroy them all, Bennie is forced to choose. Protect the woman who gives him hope, or survive the streets that want to bury him.For readers of Dennis Lehane and Richard Price, Bigger Than Brooklyn is a gritty and sharply drawn noir thriller that captures the soul of 1970s New York, where loyalty is perilous, love is risky, and redemption always comes at a price.