CHICAGO, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Detective Jack Lamont tackles another mystery in "Sparrow's Song," the new crime noir book by Glenview (Ill.) author Charles Loebbaka.
Lamont sets out in 1961 to solve an 18-year-old mystery in the outskirts of Chicago–what happened to a beautiful piano player's newborn baby?
He was still trying to put his life together after his fiancee Jeannie was murdered by two rogue cops. Guido, the Naples-born owner of Guido's Bar & Grill, had rescued him from the gutter where the cops left him for dead. Guido and Dede the Waitress nursed the Forest Heights policeman back to life.
Lamont hung out a private eye shingle in Guido's joint, hoping to help those who couldn't help themselves, like Jeannie. Jeannie disappeared from Lamont's life until he saw her or a look-alike in the cemetery where he was paying his respects at the grave of Angel Dubray, whose identical twin Darlin had hired him.
He will need help from Guido, Dede, and his Mob friends to unravel the cover-up that began in 1943. Parental Discretion Is Advised.
"Sparrow's Song" is available at Amazon.com and Createspace.com.
Charles (Chuck) Loebbaka, an Evanston, Ill., native, began his journalism career as a newspaper reporter/editor covering government, politics, law, crime, and the syndicate.
After earning a journalism degree from the University of Illinois, he was a reporter for the Star Newspapers (Chicago Heights, Ill.); award-winning editor for the Hollister Newspapers (Wilmette, Ill.); and a free-lance writer for the Chicago Sun-Times. He worked for public relations and political clients before serving as director of media relations at Northwestern University for 27 years.
He is the author of "Seeing Double," a Jack Lamont crime noir mystery that baffles the detective until a surprise ending reveals Darlin's secret. Loebbaka is the editor of psychic Irene Hughes' "Memoirs of a Psychic and Astrologer" that predicts earth-shaking events this year and beyond, including terrorist attacks and the collapse of the economy.
Loebbaka is available for talks to Chicago-area civic groups on how individuals can write and self-publish their own books. Contact him at [email protected].
http://www.loebbakabooks.com/SPARROWS_SONG.html
CONTACT: Charles Loebbaka, +1-847-724-0775, [email protected]
SOURCE Charles Loebbaka
Share this article