Bullets Before Dawn: Murder in Chinatown

Featuring Homicide Detective Johnny Vero

By: fred berri

Narrated by: Renee Dodd

It’s the year 1949. The war is over. NYC Detective Johnny Verohas been promoted to lieutenant, partly as a result of capturing the serial killer Jean-Paul Vincent in France the previous year with the help of Interpol.

Taken from the first novel in this series, Ten Cents a Dance:

Griff, a one-time freight ship captain, now smuggles opium and Chinese women for prostitution into New York’s Chinatown. Chinatown’s boss, Mo China, is only allowed to keep his operation flowing from Griff’s deliveries by the say-so of a crime boss, Alvise LaPoshio.

Molly Penett, the first woman to be elected NYC’s District Attorney, works with Detective Vero and forms an erotic relationship. Murders are mounting quickly as suspicions includes the Chinatown factions, undercover detectives, and the medical examiner’s office. In steps the FBI.

©2019 Frederic Dalberri (P)2021 Frederic Dalberri

Great 'cop' story

Although this is part of a trilogy series, it is a stand alone novel with action, suspense, murders, drug and human trafficking. Homicide Detective, Johnny Vero and his partner, Billy Bradshaw are busy following the trail murders committed in Chinatown, NYC that are piling up between the Chinese factions and the Mob. Fast moving page turner. Highly recommend.

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