A struggling actor gets caught up in a mob familyтАЩs last hit in this comic crime thriller by the beloved actor from TVтАЩs NCIS.
Crime pays. And pays well. Sal, Max, and Enzo Bruschetti have proved this over a lifetime of nefarious activity that they have kept hidden from law enforcement. Now, however, Max has a problem. His doctor has told him to take it easy, and so Max has decided that the time has come for the family to retire.
But when young actor Harry Murphy overhears the Bruschetti brothers planning changes to their organization, including the murder of a man in London who knows too much, he makes the well-intentioned if egregious mistake of trying to warn the BrushettisтАЩ intended victim, and the brothersтАЩ plans begin to unravel . . .
At turns tense and funny, Once a Crooked Man is infused with the infectious charm that made David McCallum one of televisionтАЩs longest running, most-beloved stars.
Praise for Once a Crooked Man
тАЬCrackling, darkly comic.тАЭ тАФParade
тАЬPretty danged good.тАЭ тАФThe Washington Post
тАЬHighly entertaining . . . McCallum respects the genreтАЩs tenets, supplying the right amount of intrigue, violence, and sex for a well-plotted, action-packed tale.тАЭ тАФAssociated Press