A Family Secret

About the Book

A Family Secret is a fast moving novel that takes the reader from the streets of South Philly to the backroom gambling joints of Atlantic City in the early forties to the most Mafia-infested, politically corrupt city in the world – Las Vegas. It is the story of two half brothers who each follow different career paths. One becomes a successful Las Vegas casino owner, while the other ends up in the Mafia.

The author’s use of sharp “street” dialogue makes the characters as real as a “royal flush.” A Family Secret is a gritty sometime humorous story that keeps the reader wondering what will happen next.

You will meet all kinds of interesting characters in the book. People like Fat Lenny, Little Pussey and Eddie “the hat” Weisberg, who is more like somebody’s old grandfather than a “Jewish Gangster.” The main character, Goldy, is the essence of every young man’s dream. Handsome, rich and as cool as a winter night. And Bobby Cippolini, Goldy’s half brother, a careless, cocky young Italian who answers only to the face he sees in the mirror.

A Family Secret is a story about people as much as it is about gambling and the mob. It is a beguiling and sometime witty love story that keeps the reader in suspense until the very end.