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Low Light is a work of historical crime fiction in which Al Rubin, a studio photographer, is offered a life-changing opportunity in exchange for taking blackmail photos of J. Edgar Hoover. It’s 1929 - a few months before the Stock Market Crash in a Jazz Age city that never honored Prohibition or Victorian morality. Organized Crime and the FBI were both in their infancies. Meyer Lansky, Hoover, and Enoch "Nucky" Johnson are brought to life, revealing the ways of American power and influence. Using boxing skills and street smarts, Al survives threats to his life, maintains his integrity, and redefines his American identity.
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Blackout (available soon) In July 1944, the fate of bleeding Europe was uncertain. Atlantic City had been rented by the War Department: the hotels were barracks, the Convention Hall was a training camp, the lights were blacked out to discourage U-Boats lurking beyond the surf. The Rubins were glued to the radio, worried about the fate of their European relatives, following the fortunes of American troops. When a dead soldier is found near their home with a Nazi bullet in his body, the Rubins get involved in an investigation that reveals a planned act of sabotage that, if successful, would change the course of the war.
Book 3, as yet untitled, takes place in 1955.
The old Atlantic City is dead. Efforts at revival are stymied by the effects of television, airplanes, and air conditioning. Politicians, if they can be persuaded to legalize gambling, hold the key to saving the city. The Rubins find themselves involved in an elaborate plot to change the balance of political power by murder, extortion and blackmail.
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Blackout (available soon) In July 1944, the fate of bleeding Europe was uncertain. Atlantic City had been rented by the War Department: the hotels were barracks, the Convention Hall was a training camp, the lights were blacked out to discourage U-Boats lurking beyond the surf. The Rubins were glued to the radio, worried about the fate of their European relatives, following the fortunes of American troops. When a dead soldier is found near their home with a Nazi bullet in his body, the Rubins get involved in an investigation that reveals a planned act of sabotage that, if successful, would change the course of the war.
Book 3, as yet untitled, takes place in 1955.
The old Atlantic City is dead. Efforts at revival are stymied by the effects of television, airplanes, and air conditioning. Politicians, if they can be persuaded to legalize gambling, hold the key to saving the city. The Rubins find themselves involved in an elaborate plot to change the balance of political power by murder, extortion and blackmail.