TOMMY RED

Tommy Dalton's ex-wife is on an honesty kick with their daughter, Alysha. She tells her that her dad kills people. Which, of course, he does. But that's not the kind of information he wants shared with his kids. Particularly now that he's working on a new job.
Dominick Farase, ready to testify against the Cirelli family, needs silencing. An ex-cop spots him and lets Gasper Cirelli know where to find him. Not a difficult job for Tommy Red. But the Cirellis get nervous about this one, and decide to remove all evidence of the hit including Tommy.
A fatal mistake. Now he's after the family--still trying to keep his daughter out of it, too, of course because when you threaten Tommy or his family, the only response is retribution.

Charlie Stella's first two novels, Eddie's World and Jimmy Bench-Press, received excellent reviews, establishing him as a new voice in the hard-boiled fiction market. His third novel, Charlie Opera, had the distinction of being selected as one of the Best of 2003 (Mystery) by Publishers Weekly. Cheapskates earned him comparisons to such literary greats Elmore Leonard, Donald Westlake, and Mario Puzo. Stella's novels have been translated into Italian, Spanish, German, Polish and Russian.