A Racket in the Burbs

Ron McCallister's job is to be a hard-ass, to keep unwelcome degenerates out of Starlet's Alley. The strip club is the only locally owned business in Chicago's suburb of Woolrich. The pay beats working anywhere else nearby, and Ron can keep tabs on the city's scum, both well-connected and otherwise.

Ron's life changes when a stripper who piques his interest, Carey Sullivan, saves his life from sleazy mob subordinates. The brush with death pits both of them against municipal politicians, local police, and the mobsters who own them.

Carey and Ron rely on their wits, a growing cadre of like-minded friends, and a little outside help to strike back at local thugs and attempt to take back their lives. During their struggle, a desire ingnites between them that burns brighter than a freshly-lit Molotov cocktail.

A Racket in the Burbs is an imagined affair enveloped in the backdrop of Operation Family Secrets, a real life FBI investigation that crippled the Chicago mob.

Author: Ben Broeren
Publisher: B. D. Broeren
Published: 09/16/2015
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780996776301

About the Author
Broeren, Ben: - Ben Broeren is a native of Wisconsin and has a couple of degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has worked as a freelance writer for newspapers and alternative weeklies in Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin. He currently lives with his wife, his kid, and his dog in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. When not writing and editing, he likes to cook various types of cuisine, read, tutor young writers, ride his recumbent trike, and keep up with what's going on.