MOON OVER CHICAGO by J.D. Webb. What a fun read! Fulton (Full) Moon is a shoe cobbler like none you've ever seen. He doesn't take kindly to threats and has a contagious curiosity. When a supposedly battered wife comes to him for protection, little does he know that her husband, who owns a flower shop and a multitude of exotic cars as a front, is a tough guy with tougher friends. It gets worse and worse, as he is beaten up and his livelihood in the shoe repair shop, Moonshines, is threatened by the angry husband. The seemingly vulnerable gangster's wife has entrusted him with something that could blow the lid off and when she wants it back, we find out that we shouldn't trust first impressions.

J.D. writes in a funny, tongue-in-cheek style that is reminiscent of 1940's mystery series like Phillip Marlowe. It is a joy from front to back and leaves you wanting to read another of his books.

MORGAN ST. JAMES
"A Corpse in the Soup", a Silver Sisters Mystery