>
> Does anyone bring the Momo/JFK/Monroe trio together?
Any hardboiled
tale
> bring in the Irish Mob as well? I'd be interested in
reading a
> hardboiled series that brings all the common
elements together such as
> Sherlock Holmes would ...
>
> Starts with Daddy Kennedy's bootlegging days with
the Irish mob and
then
> moves to JFK getting elected with help of Daddy's
mob connections in
> Chicago, West Virginia and elsewhere ... Frank
Sinatra introducing the
> Italian mob to the party. JFK is elected and
appoints his brother
Bobby
> to be the Attorney General with Bobby (and maybe
even JFK) not knowing
> of their connections to the mafia as well as the
debt JFK owes them.
> Bobby starts to investigate and put pressure on the
mafia, killing him
> would be too obvious at this point so they arrange
for JFK to be
> assassinated by Irish mob members within the Boston
FBI ranks. Unknown
> to them budding Communist Lee Harvey Oswald also
plans to assassinate
> JFK in a wild-ass coincidence that can only happen
in real life ...
> thinking fast the mob hires Jack Ruby a local strip
club owner with
> tenuous ties to the mob is called in to silence Lee
before a clear
> picture of his role can be obtained. Marilyn Monroe
knows enough to
put
> things together or actually knows of the mobs plans
and thus a year
> prior she's assassinated to eliminate her revealing
the plot. Next JFK
> is assassinated. This would have ended it, but
Bobby's run for the
> Presidency is looking good and the mob fears that
either he will
reopen
> the JFK investigation and/or renew his crusade
against organized crime
> so once more the Irish FBI mobsters assassinate 'im.
Then 7 years
later
> after being released from prison by Nixon in 1971
and prevented from
> regaining his power until 1980, Jimmy Hoffa tries to
play his trump
card
> with Detroit mobsters: Anthony Giacalone and Anthony
Provenzano having
> been a messenger boy in the planning of the JFK
assassination in order
> to regain his position and is silenced
forever.
>
> ... yeah, someone should write that. A good
hardboiled PI could flesh
it
> all out. Maybe he begins the investigation as a
young DA or Homicide
> Detective becomes disillusioned with the cover-up,
becomes a PI, and
> keeps gathering the evidence over the
years.
>
> --
> Anthony Dauer
> Alexandria, Virginia
>
How does Elvis fit in?
Rene.
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