The Missing Floor
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A dead dame. A psychotic mobster. Alan and Lorraine Priest seek clues to a murder among Prohibition gangsters, corrupt police, and Broadway stars.
Manhattan, 1928. When Alan Priest, reporter for the New York World, discovers a body at the demolition site for the new Chrysler Building, both his and his wife Lorraine's lives are thrown into turmoil. Can they navigate the worlds of vicious mobsters, corrupt police, and Broadway stars to find the killer?
The Missing Floor is full of plot twists and cliff hangers that make this read impossible to put down. Vivid, endearing and memorable characters, along with a rich mastery of history make it impossible to tell which secondary characters are fictional and who actually walked the streets of Manhattan. Completely immersive! Readers will be hooked!
Martin Hill Ortiz
Martin Hill Ortiz, a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a professor at the Ponce University of Health Sciences in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he lives.Hill Ortiz has three novels: A Predatory Mind (Loose Leaves Publishing), Never Kill A Friend, (Ransom Note Press), A Predator's Game (Rook's Page) and a novella, Dead Man's Trail (Seven Archons Press).Over fifty of his short stories have appeared in journals and anthologies including Mystery Magazine, Miami Accent, Belanger Books' Sherlock Holmes anthologies, and Over My Dead Body.An award winning poet, in addition to his scientific background, he has worked in theater, having operated a comedy troupe in South Florida.
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