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    A Murder Too Close: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #2
    Two Graves Dug: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #1
    Ebook series2 titles

    A Phil Rodriquez Mystery Series

    By Penny Mickelbury

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    About this series

    Nothing has been the same in New York City since terrorists destroyed the the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 2001. Everybody feels the pain, especially the inhabitants of the Lower East Side--the East Village, the Bowery, Chinatown, Alphabet City, SoHo--who, every time they look south, are forced to see  the "the hole in the sky." Who is to blame? Who will pay? The easy answer for some is all those who appear "other," even if they are as American as baseball and apple pie. But the distrust of the "others," readily identified by the wardrobes of their religious beliefs--Muslims, Sikhs, even Buddhist monks-- turns to dislike, and then to something much more sinister. Nuyorican Private Eye Phil Rodriquez, a man known to do a favor for a neighbor if asked, learns how sinister when he's asked put a hurting on a teenaged boy somebody thinks is a Muslim. Phil and partner Yolanda learn how sinister when they're asked to investigate suspicious arson fires at businesses owned by "others" when the insurance company won't pay the claims. Then people start getting dead. And if that's not scary enough, Phil and Yo discover that they've  signed a contract with the Russian Mafia. Not even Phil's almost-friend Carmine Aiello, a real life if low-level Mafioso, wants any part of that. The second Phil Rodriquez book is a fast-paced journey into the workings of Manhattan's Lower East Side...and into the spirits of the survivors of that terrorist attack that literally hit them where they live.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenny Mickelbury
    Release dateJul 30, 2016
    A Murder Too Close: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #2
    Two Graves Dug: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #1

    Titles in the series (2)

    • 1

      Two Graves Dug: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #1
      Two Graves Dug: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #1

      Two Graves Dug: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #1

      Penny Mickelbury
      4/5 - 1 rating
      4/5 - 1 rating

      Here  is a New York City of narrow village streets and tenements filled with people whose lives are anything but narrow--all kinds and classes and ages of people--people who will, on occasion, need a Private Investigator to...handle things. Here is the Lower East Side and here is native son Phil Rodriquez, PI, a first generation Nuyorican. In Two Graves Dug, Phil is hired to find out who's hurting women in his 'hood: Young ones--little girls being victimized by a serial rapist--and a grown-up woman being harrassed by somebody who doesn't want her back in the old neighborhood she left a lifetime ago. Then rape turns to murder, harrassment turns into terrorism, and somebody is digging up old, ugly secrets from the past. It's enough to make Phil wonder if there's really anything he can do. Then he finds out the cops had info that could have prevented a little girl's rape and murder and a furious Phil puts his license on the line to make it right. Along the way he forms a surprising alliance with a low-level bigoted Mafioso everybody in the neighborhood hates, and he comes to believe that his business partner and best friend, Yolanda Aguierre, is correct in her belief that secrets and lies are at the root of the problems wreaking havoc in their little village on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Phil Rodriquez is a different kind of PI: He can be tough when he must. He's not the kind of guy who'll start a fight--but he's also never run from one. And he's not afraid or ashamed to care--and if that means sometimes wearing his heart on his sleeve...well, so be it.

      Here  is a New York City of narrow village streets and tenements filled with people whose lives are anything but narrow--all kinds and classes and ages of people--people who will, on occasion, need a Private Investigator to...handle things. Here is the Lower East Side and here is native son Phil Rodriquez, PI, a first generation Nuyorican. In Two Graves Dug, Phil is hired to find out who's hurting women in his 'hood: Young ones--little girls being victimized by a serial rapist--and a grown-up woman being harrassed by somebody who doesn't want her back in the old neighborhood she left a lifetime ago. Then rape turns to murder, harrassment turns into terrorism, and somebody is digging up old, ugly secrets from the past. It's enough to make Phil wonder if there's really anything he can do. Then he finds out the cops had info that could have prevented a little girl's rape and murder and a furious Phil puts his license on the line to make it right. Along the way he forms a surprising alliance with a low-level bigoted Mafioso everybody in the neighborhood hates, and he comes to believe that his business partner and best friend, Yolanda Aguierre, is correct in her belief that secrets and lies are at the root of the problems wreaking havoc in their little village on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Phil Rodriquez is a different kind of PI: He can be tough when he must. He's not the kind of guy who'll start a fight--but he's also never run from one. And he's not afraid or ashamed to care--and if that means sometimes wearing his heart on his sleeve...well, so be it.

    • 2

      A Murder Too Close: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #2
      A Murder Too Close: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #2

      A Murder Too Close: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery, #2

      Penny Mickelbury
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      Nothing has been the same in New York City since terrorists destroyed the the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 2001. Everybody feels the pain, especially the inhabitants of the Lower East Side--the East Village, the Bowery, Chinatown, Alphabet City, SoHo--who, every time they look south, are forced to see  the "the hole in the sky." Who is to blame? Who will pay? The easy answer for some is all those who appear "other," even if they are as American as baseball and apple pie. But the distrust of the "others," readily identified by the wardrobes of their religious beliefs--Muslims, Sikhs, even Buddhist monks-- turns to dislike, and then to something much more sinister. Nuyorican Private Eye Phil Rodriquez, a man known to do a favor for a neighbor if asked, learns how sinister when he's asked put a hurting on a teenaged boy somebody thinks is a Muslim. Phil and partner Yolanda learn how sinister when they're asked to investigate suspicious arson fires at businesses owned by "others" when the insurance company won't pay the claims. Then people start getting dead. And if that's not scary enough, Phil and Yo discover that they've  signed a contract with the Russian Mafia. Not even Phil's almost-friend Carmine Aiello, a real life if low-level Mafioso, wants any part of that. The second Phil Rodriquez book is a fast-paced journey into the workings of Manhattan's Lower East Side...and into the spirits of the survivors of that terrorist attack that literally hit them where they live.

      Nothing has been the same in New York City since terrorists destroyed the the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 2001. Everybody feels the pain, especially the inhabitants of the Lower East Side--the East Village, the Bowery, Chinatown, Alphabet City, SoHo--who, every time they look south, are forced to see  the "the hole in the sky." Who is to blame? Who will pay? The easy answer for some is all those who appear "other," even if they are as American as baseball and apple pie. But the distrust of the "others," readily identified by the wardrobes of their religious beliefs--Muslims, Sikhs, even Buddhist monks-- turns to dislike, and then to something much more sinister. Nuyorican Private Eye Phil Rodriquez, a man known to do a favor for a neighbor if asked, learns how sinister when he's asked put a hurting on a teenaged boy somebody thinks is a Muslim. Phil and partner Yolanda learn how sinister when they're asked to investigate suspicious arson fires at businesses owned by "others" when the insurance company won't pay the claims. Then people start getting dead. And if that's not scary enough, Phil and Yo discover that they've  signed a contract with the Russian Mafia. Not even Phil's almost-friend Carmine Aiello, a real life if low-level Mafioso, wants any part of that. The second Phil Rodriquez book is a fast-paced journey into the workings of Manhattan's Lower East Side...and into the spirits of the survivors of that terrorist attack that literally hit them where they live.

    Author

    Penny Mickelbury

    Penny Mickelbury is the author of ten mystery novels in three successful series, as well as a novel of historical fiction, Belle City, and a collection of short stories, That Part of My Face. She also is an accomplished playwright, and has contributed articles and short stories to several magazines and journals.

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