The Letter Writer, Fesperman - C

                                                This novel clearly did not work for me. It is set in 1942 NYC and does provide some interesting, obscure background information. After the 'Normandie'  burned in NY harbor and was lost to the government as a troop transport, there was a very heightened sense of anxiety about sabotage on the docks. That led to an unlikely alliance to keep the harbor safe for the war effort. The Manhattan DA's Office and US Naval Intelligence joined forces with Lucky Luciano's and Meyer Lansky's Mafia mob to secure the waterfront. The existence of this alliance is set against the efforts of a police detective and the letter writer to unearth some unseemly conduct.  As indicated by my grade above, I think the book flopped.