'A fascinating and lesser-known part of Mafia and WWII history, this brilliantly researched novel is quite an eye opener!' - Shelly Marsden, Irish World London 'Dock workers shout and swear coarsely. You can almost smell the creosote and tobacco smoke as they do while the impression of a New York metropolis coming into its own is particularly potent. As a narrator he never has us at a loss as to our location, and using something of a film maker's palate, he lets the streets and docksides of New York become a central character in their own right.' - Hilary A. White, The Sunday Independent, Dublin 'Like a sunken treasure ship this intriguing wartime story has now been well and truly excavated.' - Irish Daily Mail 'I was a bit wary as I began reading, thinking the use of colloquial speech and vocabulary would make the book hard going. However I was wrong; instead it gives the book a distinctive flavour, alongside the descriptions of a bustling New York.' - Annette Hart, Reviews Online