2:45 to Chicago
(2026)(The tenth book in the Blood Ties: Rise of the Mafia series)
A novel by Chris Thorndycroft
Brooklyn, 1919. Al Capone is a wanted man.
A brutal bar fight leaves an Irish hoodlum clinging to life, and puts Capone squarely in the sights of Bill Lovett, the ambitious prospective leader of the White Hand Gang. Lovett wants Capone's scalp, and suddenly New York is no safe place for Scarface Al.
His only way out is west. In Chicago, his old associate Johnny Torrio can offer him protection. But between Al and his ticket aboard the 2:45 to Chicago, stand a dozen vengeful Irish mobsters, a determined NYPD, and a city ready to turn his blood into headlines.
The train is waiting and the bullets are flying. With the help of a young Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Capone makes a desperate run for Grand Central and his future in the Windy City.
2:45 to Chicago is a 15,000-word novella and book ten in Blood Ties: Rise of the Mafia, a long-running saga that chronicles the story of the American Mafia from its humble beginnings in the early 20th century.
Genre: Mystery
A brutal bar fight leaves an Irish hoodlum clinging to life, and puts Capone squarely in the sights of Bill Lovett, the ambitious prospective leader of the White Hand Gang. Lovett wants Capone's scalp, and suddenly New York is no safe place for Scarface Al.
His only way out is west. In Chicago, his old associate Johnny Torrio can offer him protection. But between Al and his ticket aboard the 2:45 to Chicago, stand a dozen vengeful Irish mobsters, a determined NYPD, and a city ready to turn his blood into headlines.
The train is waiting and the bullets are flying. With the help of a young Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Capone makes a desperate run for Grand Central and his future in the Windy City.
2:45 to Chicago is a 15,000-word novella and book ten in Blood Ties: Rise of the Mafia, a long-running saga that chronicles the story of the American Mafia from its humble beginnings in the early 20th century.
Genre: Mystery