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    The Other Waiter
    The Other Waiter
    The Other Waiter
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    The Other Waiter

    By Robert Jeschonek

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    Jean-Claude the waiter doesn't like it when a new guy horns in on his territory.  Even when the new guy's a private waiter working for the meanest mob boss in town, Mr. Donzatto. No way will Jean-Claude let some mob flunky steal his thunder.  He'll stop at nothing to put the new guy in his place, from tripping him up to breaking him down with a series of violent "accidents." But playing hardball with a mob waiter is risky business, especially when the last course of dinner is a dark secret that could change the whole menu forever. Don't miss this exciting tale by award-winning storyteller Robert Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected crime fiction and mysteries that really pack a punch.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Jeschonek
    Release dateNov 12, 2018
    ISBN9781466133716
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      The Other Waiter - Robert Jeschonek

      The Other Waiter

      THE OTHER WAITER

      A CRIME STORY

      ROBERT JESCHONEK

      Busted Books

      CONTENTS

      Also by Robert Jeschonek

      The Other Waiter

      About the Author

      Special Preview: The Masked Family

      THE OTHER WAITER

      Copyright © 2023 by Robert Jeschonek

      http://bobscribe.com/

      Cover Art Copyright © 2023 by Ben Baldwin

      www.benbaldwin.co.uk

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved by the author.

      Published by Busted Books

      411 Chancellor Street

      Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15904

      www.piepresspublishing.com

      ALSO BY ROBERT JESCHONEK

      Crimes in the Key of Murder

      Foolproof Cure for Cancer

      Six Crime Stories Volume One

      The First Detect-Eve

      The Masked Family

      THE OTHER WAITER

      When Jean-Claude LaSalle asked the man at Table Twelve what he would like to drink, the man said something about Dolly Parton's breast milk and told him to take a hike.

      Jean-Claude did not move a muscle.  Would you like to see a wine list, sir? he asked smoothly, extending a leather-bound folder toward the bloated big mouth.

      The customer swatted the list aside with the back of his puffy hand, knocking it to the floor.  What part of 'take a hike' don't you fuckin' understand? he said.

      Jean-Claude sniffed but remained rigidly in place.  In his twenty-plus years as a waiter, he'd dealt with worse customers than this one.  Excuse me, sir, he said coolly. Is something not to your liking?

      Yeah, said the man.  You.

      Perhaps I should bring over the manager, said Jean-Claude, bowing slightly at the waist.

      When he turned, he saw that the manager, Mr. Darcy, was standing less than three feet behind

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