CRIME: There is an entire cast of characters populating this book set in Newark, New Jersey circa 1945. The title comes from a con-man bookie who runs numbers for the mob under the guise of managing teenagers' paper routes. There is a turf war brewing between the Clarion and the Beacon newspapers — with the money to be made from the routes and from the numbers game. Two young teens are caug
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