The Chicago Connection
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Creator: John R. Swift
Thriller and Psychological Serial Audio Book
Synopsis:
A teenager in Prohibition Chicago, haunted by disasters, breaks all his childhood vows of clean living and becomes a minor hoodlum. When he tries to recapture his dreams with a feisty former classmate, she says first quit the mob. He discovers that one doesn't just quit the mob and live to tell about it; he must find another way out.
Format: Audio Book
Continuity: Serial
Voices: Solo
Genres: Thriller and Psychological, Historical
Completion status: Finished
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Episodes:
Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:18:56 +0000
Josh, on his way to tell Capone that Moran has murdered Jake, recalls his last day as an errand boy for Capone three years ago. Josh earns another chance at shooting Moran, misses again, and Moran blows up Mason's still. Two plus years later, the epilogue.
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:35:21 +0000
McGurn, sympathetic to Josh's dilemma, or maybe not, puts Josh and Jake up to ambushing Moran. Now Josh has to plan a funeral. On his way to update Capone, Josh recalls his first job with Big Al.
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:15:13 +0000
Josh recalls fishing on Spider Lake in Mercer and lives to tell about it but remembers why he needs to shoot the lawyer who bails him out of jail.
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:00:23 +0000
Ruth is upset to hear from her boss, Mr. Olson, that Josh had come by to bribe him on Capone's orders. She starts rethinking her job at the bakery. In the meantime, Josh sits in jail remembering that the lawyer coming to bail him out is the same guy trying to kill his father.
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:42:16 +0000
Capone sends Josh out to bribe his upcoming jury. First juror, Mr. Olson, his former boss, brings back memories of his accident. Josh, trying to do right, is thrown in jail for jury tampering.
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:32:29 +0000
Bo, out of other ideas and money, agrees to sell his whiskey to McGurn to rescue Josh from the mob. This leads to a golf game with Al Capone, the decision maker, and that leads to a request for a secured loan from a lady in Lake Forest.
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:08:11 +0000
Ruth tries to make dinner for the Masons but a remark by Bo brings her back to her eighteen months in the insane asylum following the loss of her baby and the suicide deaths of her parents.
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:46:00 +0000
Josh and Ruth relive memories from two years ago. Bo goes down to his bank to withdraw their life savings so the four of them can make a run for it-away from the mob, away from Chicago.
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000
Bo Mason turns down Josh's request for help in getting out of the mob. Chauffeuring McGurn about town on his whiskey route, a comic standoff in a local dive ends in gunfire.
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:57:34 +0000
We meet Bo Mason, neighborhood bootlegger, whose only customer suspects him of disloyalty and orders a stakeout preparatory to killing him. We meet Josh's Dad, an alcoholic, in a scene re-motivating Josh to quit the mob or die trying. The Moran gang bungles a stakeout.
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:59:23 +0000
Josh is sent to guard the cleaners and becomes involved with a murder. Ruth remembers more than she wants to about Dion, her English teacher.
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:14:16 +0000
Josh Andrews, minor Chicago Prohibition hoodlum, discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he takes Ruth, a former classmate, to dinner, as a prelude to sex. Smitten again, he agrees to quit the mob so he can date Ruth. That doesn't work either.