MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.
The glitz of Atlantic City casinos merges with the desperation of a blackmailed club owner and murder ensues in author William P. Singley's mystery novel, "Didja' Hear? Danny Devlin's Dead" (published by iUniverse). Singley is launching a new marketing push for the 2013 publication, which was recently featured at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.
Tommy Palmer and Billy Frisco weren't meant to be rivals. It just happened. Tommy liked to sit in Billy's jazz club and listen to Billy's girlfriend, Carla, sing. That's where he was the rainy night Danny Devlin was shot during a botched post office robbery.
Billy's no killer. He's a lounge guy. A loan shark. A dim bulb along the edge of the high glitz and neon of Atlantic City's casinos. But with gangsters calling the shots and his club on the line, there isn't much Billy wouldn't do to keep it, including murder.
In this vivid portrait of the Atlantic City lifestyle, crime and reluctant murder take center stage as gangsters force a club owner to do the unthinkable.
"Didja' Hear? Danny Devlin's Dead"
By William P. Singley
Softcover | 5 x 8 in | 262 pages | ISBN 9781475974089
E-Book | 262 pages | ISBN 9781475974096
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
William P. Singley grew up in the Atlantic City, New Jersey area and attended LaSalle College in Philadelphia. In 1967, he served as a combat correspondent with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam and earned a Bronze Star. He has worked and lived in Hawaii and Africa and has traveled extensively in Europe, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. While attending University of California, Los Angeles he was awarded the Samuel Goldwyn Literary Award and holds a masters degree in Southeast Asian Studies.
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