Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Norfolk Confidential
Norfolk Confidential
Norfolk Confidential
Ebook451 pages6 hours

Norfolk Confidential

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Brash Norfolk homicide detective Johnny Edmonds investigates two murders in 1940. A Jewish college professor is found stabbed in a downtown alley. A few blocks away, an African American racketeer is dead with five bullets in his chest. Due to Norfolk’s segregated society, the two killings appear unrelated.
Johnny became a policeman to one day settle his score with mobster Rocco Diangelo. Like an octopus, Rocco has his tentacles wrapped around every criminal enterprise in Norfolk. During Prohibition, Johnny’s father was Rocco’s bootlegging competitor. After his father was shot dead in the street, Johnny wasn’t fooled. Although a patsy was convicted and executed for the murder, only Rocco benefited from eliminating his father.
As he moves through Norfolk’s seamy underside to solve the two murders, he believes Rocco is the common denominator. But has he allowed his personal vendetta to cloud his judgement? He uncovers a new menace lurking in the shadows that may be behind the two murders.
LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateJun 30, 2023
ISBN9781663253910
Norfolk Confidential
Author

Daniel P. Hennelly

Daniel Hennelly, a retired university administrator, resides in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the author of two murder mysteries, Fatal Knowledge and Stairway to Death, set at fictional Chesapeake Bay University, and a science fiction novel, Slave Against The Galaxy. His wife is a retired librarian, and they have three grown sons.

Read more from Daniel P. Hennelly

Related to Norfolk Confidential

Related ebooks

General Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Norfolk Confidential

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Norfolk Confidential - Daniel P. Hennelly

    Hdbook_preview_excerpt.html}ےƱ qިevBHH3#O" 5@4~/9k*d,Owde\_m~ٛ߾-~߻0N}.ESlSS~Xtabt8?8UeScq eU͏Ŷ߉1bsxwųA!c싟w14ߪx.)}~ ~Wm8cylg{P-//ӥK#]Uax k1c9B>U=٢&/wnp0G۾Wb_C ߷=m?b7žjJ> C Acph &Ov}11;tX,!]Wm4$ӻt @4L"x`Ůw sxm0+ϩt G;Qp[rc,{pqWjOY m26_ :bP ykakxBA:Tg>vA1r0&d6W.YDh |~r$ v?Wcuifö-&w?%.~}&<% 2خpvmtկmuǵ5&Kݷ{DG=CPQZOa;V;ѦVnF-{xAlc Eۄ` L -w__c铸+^]c5?`aDQ>k[(*%p"ۄ->i&rJR!$i'\ 88q(u ۆ֓a8z# }ݞX47&vCǑOh''ܯyMFq=T6a{i #:1?n=N[|j.E[C#N{\^wvOZ6NG_zhy4#焓眶oy45z2~583 y܅Fm-l~l˼ ;r}Cbh:_mߛO]WNj밐JP; KnShXш47Jtp.[mm=6|:K;Q{L7G@Ŋ-U5pUjδmf#t+e`k{ LuQtӞ᮴椻9Nm}1\~eC%.0 zv$VFJN#:W07Hzv?YuJd_ƺn|L~8Q 6xh°wa[jkem/[p:at0@E0d"pkϟ9n?/ /4Dnh RɜA?h7GkG/cWWسǶx#C h? Ӈ?UAt1ͪP2#ua]i)=ҟO4B-I,-Ӏ-thGVS+-Ov,%lxCl[ҡR.v`n حWcr׵ pz*bԱ=U߶OS+p00kЖןzW},clnMU”F7WB&&MY%Mq{_nrĻ#I`c%]Џ誖B^cwku'FYI6WAkeZfw|. Zuww 9HM@7cxwWd ]/F?/pEޜ6 %~PjwT:En{Ag~嫈eiΛkzL0pm_{[>lju2 M=C?(4f[+3%X ITzn󐑇j^)]3f Xd,7'8㹅 pBV[_L C`t $' e6P!U,o.vtZٜOC\+5_;r]70KgЀ͉mɴV9 uNlDa7VK_X DX,Kl Tu^(8תjt2 ۧ_ (S1B!crO'zI.=f,EF.%9ip)CCv Sx" x̔ׯ1. T{E`~(}{wθ9S'z@_;Hb*l9TDpnRW ] *uXSSp4殥ql56nt ? [Nv3 nL rBSٴ|Ⱥ5v!?N"HGaNXYo;T3c(^,nˢ"t(ݛBW+y{K׬9j\(~Xa|}]}k\-/Hs1g C@ek&zpTWz΃=r׈tq )tg0 q'a񕋮0p"'48V aM\_N`ֵ.>5=AxsscwsIw:,e~zgc pX{gFbZCX=(T >EaR$.IB,|Ea| qqv4GaI(K'ηE]|Lg/΄J`%$PIQWWPmRpn+v0ȣu\I75Nk̉l[ߊQт"vFnC.1ji7vjt Z`JNXlv4(mM4z̀4J`>xFt19hgzw74q|HxNWnZ.WACa1K~p} x3g.|[Wc;@ٻ p6p/>/z^OWO?ZfB9ȳe- !7#)la {^j۩G~70h}:L޶^X0G}?x~:. 56`]SRY)4pC]ar\o8.U@%;p EYg2؊ q=qpCijKmM5N-58M ؝H2v/g91<N epdݡ /!IqP)VjTNV&SArn8Omal$sQ;Z_.{:qvU8alK4MB {b_1<"n꩜\ 3Rnmt;M«HY0Fc:+0jef,c[(p8HĔa~fUVv^,V0YEI!9~N_W0,/beQTKFB{'湒whfv NMIP ~Ho-Q̈ÉCioqW$)3T ocV16S( TʳbT,acݍusx3'0۸ܕC d.)L~r04RWcٜ4q)q#1(4zۛ>s>w57}l} Bzj#$=W.G&4}?c+l10;gT7Կp"-f;64^C% Qi7&b/.]TISW@( 9=BM}pomݐvQyN`2Iwv~.-X3Q:]J1iGGZ^Y)ȜqR AܬJ0TBظHڀj}Lˆ'!ub!bLXLbSǦwShnrʂTsheqm3F֝rMLrSf z ׮YMMnĴLX"2΃k/\½RJӅ5X*;L$9̪2_$(Jb`~R=P6/VV4{[畠S tziMme>%_$#mH{ڢ<\PG -k"*&+`ݰg29FT8S֠B"(qX ^:A3g(G2dIjGɒҐ2/K| '6h!aڒ@]CV.W@%mKzK yP}(8|ЋĎRxNUNǹ51kZرxYAQ/'vqj-yrt}u8P_XmY&:\ LntpW6 ˜]n<:2k% w ;-jQ-#W¦<6=e$zbGQO1b_夗'.:k/L;%$bx_O0wq.;z#,6w@eG( dFصI]7K/?_~`~Q v~FN)~Ҷn4-N~bEs(Z"ٔ Mbs^Ɖ__ _ ӑ&ii`m H,muĄ&]Y(fI L:MLD-۾neLdpsjc)|&ֶRBx@pGShL&*aeձ Ҷ-oϲs3q"VCfɋ˸-y.87>\ ]$M1EJڇB;>,s98M+I{VzsZd{)K<0nl3ᡢ؈&[^%~gPzІ+r)n^E⇪t k׊KRפd ]tt"& Vr-)7#";3&'A@M-Хۘrx1RLkcbdݲ??ZZ1?+v!kN/zeW⿊Ij|HNGexm]~aV4mofI /jR^DWYcA49&*ĩTFn!~5@1ea C bӳ~6q4.套Ċ*I0}cC4pZ+ś,f~\@Z¬`^D`y;i-qP2%ht&ZG,L bЮtD㕉PB4]3{3CJf~tף:e9 M7Q56l cfG|ZX:4zMaMz mF_()Vk*@cr:)AF6vn'CGFc%fZ/)Q@۲{sv슧RHi&Z<^/-h -ǹYf:I=W}kf49wŷѠ\~$ݮ)(s1(o4$7Kq2mm Rx n[I-% {6{b׆ ffkN$>*l9[QBp721:!Tl^2-ig4"(#N@@i/w/+cJre IoFBgx^=-+hWRa[=ۈ8#!V;E~y蕑`!S Pd" ,šV;=;`lwLb]Du9!K@GySJ4#[qVpB' S9?LD;nvۛ+T>xgv=Dn>}%RJm'oW{ܸMµNpFV7Ft$WIq>wžO*g/^uK}C{i:<8w,igxzMrD}`{|ܴ4U1$թ Ce2`.Sd y~ i3["Kr#cu0ָev)gl9TB3Wf"?U1&?|?:KV80˱xH@*bx}eԋ=CpŌEqe(#|NwKO7&@7BF:U}ﰾS([QWz p'i,>Y4 r vh6j|jybĥ?r9u&Y:iom`6ƋD$ْ b,H,Mӟ|G _I!Wjl_1)xK۪ӑtX{_ԗr/c % DTϝA|@qiq-yf@dX AX]4lwR@\*ZYkN #Ht+.Hm4}f=yN"Y^S-7fh~XB4 a⅑j?xj˪xų+VUYZ4 cn!XeرSuRxk]/3iJ[,]R!haZ+ETPŕ\ .XKV%RsX!KLv07"Lپ]E½_d֢|i,ϼZi=a2QJZ 8zfOI$Ld؂;9%O(5L;-j2Y19ʝf2pMf)2aXVu>ME7ddϴ ,[4x;W5.hsܺkSJVæMd|EMOF@&Yթ[U7H Q'|-"R"]ǓIeR;&1 p-N:8`b6i<,4WMSoUFc`bF7v5; ⅘ыi7UؼC٘m'bR?NQmdA0o'h_LR-2~?n)U 4ʻrTScWMO]k="n{mY#jCkʌoUg>֧H˹P]hEH}(wȚř{ j:Twj;ɨeoG{rZw%Fƌ;Oy{vYڮ& ),-!b5Fb}JR/KH#9iQ |!cuJj.7/͹u bNr#:ęAj)sf#b6gdghjB`a˸20 uTvܪZn-ƗG#9z`lf\>B|6kmMvU`32ܯ|魧k-'-ux\6f5룙 T B#-hSۘt~7 i]RZSirM\oyC^q`Uw{4H )\ #:8]L$7dk\qB|oh*~ //w%(fC'' tuSQ7Ou+Q67uT9*_(thvdkxcaAc`|a2sOG/I}Iz:0cCbUopqkiM>a-"Zh9X#VS}\?3m?ybsTb45^w䋹d-^OiG7dm5s-WI91fP Իʡv2vܸ4zwq0[WBo1ٞ.Wö3Gl˲ %4SZ\mU,D"|*`a u*1 Tt`3L-)orϚe R!1H?&sn #}0sCXwR&ߵH$w" `wws˩+=/%|3ͺ^F]9O4QϻQ׍:x½eSa'+{^"f L:!;z=@YdZx þmb4j%4zWmk%)EkM t+̭񜉷 g-~|Yʋ؝g?T*^FhnܥaȊX`?ԗHTK.6Cz mhC{NJ nhN8lʓJo`Z5_HtTe!{Y7ŗw;Vpx^{dYo(Mָ .G"M0c؈4[؂HE֙6j+5h~a&OC:qZ- й4xΥ|(+Cu[Dm\n-ʜyt>?3r 37Q5llRhx*ҘψW^LT l/QgLTɠYmX #SyrZ. pX9U>2we|{qFHMu q'U*뼒EK2N⚐g w1FW{os*dod:lS7oGAA՗m:Kz{L=r^jM"BȒm6g%orС/>{;[Oo;]ԯJGeb15nT<܂|+%?bTp+Vu,׃ȨF4z"0{Ꜷ:4[wɗ j'֑f(ktmaLV3gtմ]j?zȚN3C"fL4Ü`ʻpz1cA(6[˱ڴ^?$rTs[*@j6NZO+s%~L'|݋'><*jvbp>ܱ2GDK}MP*ǾpUjy<9T( ?YźW_W U:HIWL{:4m,ueޱ~EiY["֗'G;2oAO) E_g[[{trus"PZm+$T ɒL=9@fҙYZ"Z(mfq*%m&W>yǡ͍~3R'^%ZJWJ%)|-v 73viZAu!ucCOW5KЛ> OMW!UMNܧ8󗓹9[قI B8wB'@ČծH?<ᅳow_E'tGoD> I0"b YObl&2&qMSPZ_G{kx/a[o0q)h:9;R c&T顶G۪$A&\7:ZNܦCL+k J]E.ɂ|,a(6mw5nLK ʋzSjNL% g~MNYOBn޽yC 1\TCN+VB|cxe+*Ԛh\OrYjkajtIhr2|M[  xN޿d~TKv̿ VR!I %th2.'6}5;92Vд!*5lNYdYJ(vOʠމxxYq9s酿obs@.T> Kv4_'oKZ<lÌ[xz 7bث$1[a{[7zmc |ONplW>*..ZX
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1