MURDER BY THE YARD

About the Book

In the turbulent Chicago of 1917, attorney Nora Wolfe Walker must defend a black man accused of the brutal murder of an Irish union leader in order to prevent a racial blood bath. In the midst of the heated and publicized trial, Nora finds more than just a friend in Sergeant Michael Francis Casey, a handsome Irish cop who believes as Nora that the truth may only lie in the murky corridors of city hall. Gang leader and future mayor, Richard J. Daley, is a prime suspect in the murder, and a young mobster, Alphonse Gabriel Capone, becomes an unexpected ally. In a city pressed into a world war and riddled with corruption, Nora and Michael put their lives in jeopardy to discover the real killer and stop a deadly race war that could destroy Chicago and delay precious supplies from reaching our doughboys in the trenches of Western Europe.

About the Author

zRobert Lee Duncan II traveled extensively as a musician, entertainer, director and producer as well as a conductor and mentor for several successful performing artists. He has written over twenty performed musical-comedies for theatre and now celebrates the beginning of his second novel series following the three book adventure-comedy The Unusual Predicaments of Rastaman and Rodney. Robert currently resides in northeastern Pennsylvania with his beautiful wife Karen Beth and their stupid Wolfie...RLDuncan@ptd.net