The Case of the One Eared Wolf

by Anthony Celano

The Sergeant Markie saga continues. In the early 1970's Jasper and Chris, twin brothers, enter the National Guard to avoid the draft and the perils of Vietnam. Upon their return from active duty the brothers, both organized crime associates, resume their lawbreaking ways. During an obligatory weekend drill they find themselves at odds with an abusive sergeant at the armory. The brothers remedy this conflict by murdering the sergeant. They hide the body behind a deteriorating bricked up passageway within the confines of the Deep Six, a spooky, rarely visited, sub basement in the Park Slope armory. The victim's sudden disappearance causes people to assume that he ran off to escape an unhappy home life. Interest in the missing person case is resurrected over thirty years later when an informant provides information that suggests foul play. By now the mob associates are wildly prosperous thanks to a number of business ventures, one of which involves cocaine trafficking with their mentor, a notorious organized crime figure. As a way to solve the case Markie puts into motion an undercover initiative that leads to the infiltration of a drug enterprise that operates in New York and Las Vegas. Markie comes to learn the significance behind an unusual wolf-head ring as he begins to unravel the armory mystery. Aside from his investigative challenges, Markie finds himself conflicted in his personal relationships with the women in his life. Further complicating matters is the roguish Fishnet Milligan, a recovering former detective who is in the process of plotting shady dealings of his own. The Case of the One Eared Wolf involves a series of twists and turns that often blurs the distinction between the good guys and the bad guys. Buckle up and go along for the ride with Detective Sergeant Al Markie and Detective Oliver Von Hess on their latest adventure in the Sergeant Markie Mystery series.

344 pages, Paperback

Published August 23, 2021

About the author

The author is a twenty-two year veteran of the NYPD
who served as a Detective and Detective Squad Commander. His law enforcement career spanned from the early seventies to the mid-nineties with assignments including the Organized Crime Control Bureau, Queens District Attorney''s Office Squad, the DEA Task Force, the Colombo Organized Crime Task Force during the Colombo Wars and the Office of the Special State Prosecutor-Nursing Home Investigation.

After retiring from the NYPD he was the CEO/Co-Owner of Full Security, Inc. a midtown Manhattan based Investigative firm.for seventeen years,

Again retiring, he now devotes his time to writing mystery novels. He resides with his wife in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. He is currently working on his second Sergeant Markie Mystery.

Reviews

[Christopher DeSimone]

Another good one

Good characters and an interesting story. I enjoy his writing. The characters and dialogue are compelling. It keeps you.interested and makes it hard to down the book.

[Denny]

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