Upon arrival at the third book of the Bootlegger's Chronicles, the reader gets a taste of serious competition for Mickey Duffy. Mickey and his long time friend and associate Henry Mercer expect competition and they deal with it, Mickey style. Gloves come off, guns come out, plans are made and tricks are played (not necessarily in that order!) and the moves of the rival factions are fascinating to watch and see what the other side does in response to get the upper hand, because there are no Marquess of Queensbury Rules for competitors to follow - only the winner gets to decide what is fair.
On the home front, there is the friendship of Maggie and Edith, about as unlikely a friendship as you can find, in background, social status, wealth, fashion - you name it. Not only that, but Mickey is the central figure. Edith is married to Mickey (for better or for worse) and Maggie, from events in the previous books, is determined to take Mickey down. Both women are of strong character yet the friendship is real and becomes ever stronger. The Maggie/Edith friendship is, in my opinion, the most interesting friendship tale in the series.
But it's not the only interesting tale. Maggie's son Tommy and his friend Jimmy continue their youthful shenanigans, something else for Maggie to contend with as she works to be a good mother, runs her boarding house, and she is a partner to Inspector Geyer who becomes known as The Phantom Informer by the Philly police as Maggie passes on helpful information.
New characters arrive onstage. Boo-Boo Hoff - despite the funny name, he is to be taken seriously. Delores is the much kicked-about sister of the rival Bailey family and she is going to go through some tough times before her talent for distillation is revealed, a handy talent to have during Prohibition.
And times will continue to get rougher. There's lots more going on, but I'm not going to give away anything. The series is a delight to read as it develops. Near the ending of book 3, I got the feeling that this series has the makings to become a great movie. Anyone in Hollywood listening?
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