Tony “Smokey” Annicelli still knows people on the
NYPD even though it has been quite a few years since he wore the uniform. When
Luke, his best friend on the force, calls him and says that he better get over
the fourth floor of a building at Two-forty-seven West Twenty-Ninth Street, Smoky
doesn’t ask a lot of questions. Despite the urgency in Luke’s call, he is made
to wait with his questions unanswered.
Finally, Detective Donnelly, after dragging him
around awhile talking to people, takes him to the bloody mess of a body for identification. An identification Donnelly seems to have
already made, but wants Smokey to see the dead person to cause Smokey pain. Mission
accomplished as the deceased was/is Ricky Bravere, the son of Smokey’s best
friend, Evan. The same son who was also
Smokey’s godson. The same godson he had sworn to protect all those years ago as
his friend lay dying in the hospital.
Guilt over the past haunts Smokey as he investigates
the death of his godson. Not just the guilt over a godson that he lost track of
over the years and failed to protect, but guilt as well over a horrifying incident
that happened long ago when Smokey was young. It changed him forever and the
death of his godson will bring that and other painful episodes to light in
brutal ways. That guilt over the past he feels so deeply in so many ways will
have a huge toll and yet also serve as a motivator in this often nightmarish
and very complex mystery published by Zumaya Enigma. A mystery that is so
complex, to say more would create potential spoilers for readers and thus ruin
a very good and often violent book.
Readers are strongly cautioned that Blood
Of My Blood: A Smokey Annicelli Mystery and sequel to Eve Missing features explicit language, graphic violence, and various adult
activities. As such, this is an adult novel aimed to adult mystery readers who
have no issues with language or content. Those readers that prefer their bad
guys to say, “Gosh darn” and the like instead of string of obscenities are
strongly encouraged to skip this title and pick something else. This is a hard
edged book that tells a compelling dark tale filled with violence, drugs, unredeemable
criminals, rock and roll, and more and is a very good read. It just isn’t a
book for everyone.
Blood
Of My Blood: A Smokey Annicelli Mystery
Ralph
Pezzullo
Zumaya
Enigma (division of Zumaya Publishing)
June
2012
ISBN#
978-1-61271-059-4
Paperback
(available as e-book)
202
Pages
$12.99
Material supplied by publicist PJ Nunn owner of
BreakThrough Promotions in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
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