Three Strikes You're Dead

About this book

In the mob-ridden Chicago of 1938 a reform candidate for mayor is gunned down and Steve Malek a police reporter for The Tribune senses the story of a lifetime. Incurring his editors anger he ranges far beyond his beat plunging headlong into a maverick investigation of the murder. In the process he crosses paths with actress Helen Hayes future Mayor Richard J. Daley one-time syndicate kingpin Al Capone and pitching great Dizzy Dean traded to the Cubs at the start of the season. Even with the excitement of the World Series Dean may be the key to Maleks very survival.