Monkey in the middle

by Stephen Solomita

Macys, New York, five days before Christmas. When a known mobster is hit while shopping, it's Lieutenant Epstein's job to make sure the press don't link the murder to those of three other members of Paulie Marginella's crew. Rival gangs are implicated, the hitman no longer seems under anyone's control -- with everybody seemingly double-crossing everybody else, who will be the winner?