Bosses and Blackjacks

Award-Winning Finalist in the "True Crime: Non-Fiction" category of the 2017 International Book Awards.Politics in Philadelphia is a rough game...But, when political murder takes place in the Fifth Ward (home to the Liberty Bell) on primary Election Day in 1917, it sparks outrage-not just in Philadelphia, but throughout the nation.

Police Lieutenant David Bennett becomes embroiled in a political scandal with Mayor Smith, and others, leading to a sensational trial in the "City of Brotherly Love" that competes for headlines across the country with WWI.

It's all here-Love, friendship, greed, betrayal, and murder Who imported New York's "Frog Hollow Gang?" Who murdered a special detective on primary day?

Who is really in charge in "The Bloody Fifth?"