Skin in the Game serves up its intriguing yarn of a present-day mob (called here ‘The Association’) family operating in Washington, D.C.’s shadowy underworld over a macabre Halloween weekend. Daddy Z Cicero is cagey enough to run a boutique loan shark racket in the Feds’ own backyard. Known to the New York City families as the ‘quiet capo’, he has the knack to work under the radar. Trouble begins when Rafe Zestre, a compulsive spender with bad credit who can’t use a bank, welshes on a big loan. Daddy Z can’t afford to eat another loss and decides to make an example of Rafe. Then the complications and conflicts heat up, leading to an explosive climax in México City.
‘THE SOPRANOS in overdrive! Ed Lynskey’s SKIN IN THE GAME is a can’t-put-it-down, provocative thriller that explores all the back-stabbing and deadly double-crossing amid mob members in Washington D.C.’s underworld. Like GOODFELLAS on the Potomac, SKIN IN THE GAME keeps you guessing who’s to be trusted and who will be the next to die. The body count rises as the action moves at breakneck speed from D.C. to New York to Mexico. With razor-sharp dialogue and a cast of vivid, dangerous characters leaping off the pages, SKIN IN THE GAME is THE SOPRANOS in overdrive. Thank you, Ed Lynskey, for another terrific read!’
--Kevin O’Brien, The New York Times and TheUSA Today bestselling author of THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED"Author Ed Lynskey has turned in another solid performance with SKIN IN THE GAME. This one is a taut, gripping tale that you won't want to close the cover on. Do yourself a favor and read it!"
--John Lutz, The New York Times bestselling author of THE HAVANA GAME
Genre: Mystery
‘THE SOPRANOS in overdrive! Ed Lynskey’s SKIN IN THE GAME is a can’t-put-it-down, provocative thriller that explores all the back-stabbing and deadly double-crossing amid mob members in Washington D.C.’s underworld. Like GOODFELLAS on the Potomac, SKIN IN THE GAME keeps you guessing who’s to be trusted and who will be the next to die. The body count rises as the action moves at breakneck speed from D.C. to New York to Mexico. With razor-sharp dialogue and a cast of vivid, dangerous characters leaping off the pages, SKIN IN THE GAME is THE SOPRANOS in overdrive. Thank you, Ed Lynskey, for another terrific read!’
--Kevin O’Brien, The New York Times and TheUSA Today bestselling author of THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED"Author Ed Lynskey has turned in another solid performance with SKIN IN THE GAME. This one is a taut, gripping tale that you won't want to close the cover on. Do yourself a favor and read it!"
--John Lutz, The New York Times bestselling author of THE HAVANA GAME
Genre: Mystery
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