Description

A sweeping tale that offers lessons from the not-so-distant past. -Kirkus Reviews

Doll masterfully reveals what lies just below the surface of every human soul. -Judge Paul Bernal, official historian of the City of San Jose

Cinematic in its scope, St. James Park is a movie waiting to be made. -Joe Talbot, director of The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)

In a time when department stores ruled downtowns, a prominent store heir is kidnapped in 1933 under suspicious circumstances, and Hoovers Bureau of Investigation sends cynical agent Louis Cooper to investigate.

Cooper discovers that this crime is only a prelude to a dangerous play by the local power structure to expand control amid spiraling economic disruption, labor unrest, and anti-immigrant racism.

As Cooper unravels long-standing but shifting alliances of business leaders, city officials, and mobsters, he learns who is behind the kidnapping and why-but not in time to prevent a raging mob bent on vengeance.

Author: John Doll
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Koehler Books
Published: 08/19/2025
Pages: 334
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9798888248072
Language: English