01816cam a2200313 4500 607524008 TxAuBib 20120124120000.0 121113s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005056683 9780399153556 hc; alk. paper $24.95 0399153551 hc; alk. paper $24.95 9780399153556 (hc) (OCoLC)62493598 DLC DLC BAKER OCO IH9 C#P VP@ PWmBRO-cust20060721-149 TxAuBib Atkins, Ace. White shadow / Ace Atkins. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006. 370 p. : ill., col. map ; 24cm. Map on lining papers. Atkins, who wrote an award-winning series of Tampa Tribune articles on real-life gangster Charlie Wall, uses the Mob boss' 1955 murder as a launching point for an atmospheric tale of turf war between Sicilian and Cuban gangsters in Tampa's Latin Quarter. The murder of the aging, semiretired Wall begins the story, which follows the efforts of a cynical reporter and a determined cop to peel away a multileveled cover-up and expose the truth. Atkins layers on the plotlines and the historical detail--scenes in Tampa's legendary cigar factories, even a road trip to Havana--and, despite a subplot or two too many, it all holds together just fine. The real appeal here, though, is the Latin Quarter itself--white suits, cafe con leche, bebop in sultry bars, and that heady aroma of cigar smoke mixed with corruption. 20120124. Wall, Charlie d. 1955 Death Fiction. Mafia Fiction. Reporters and reporting Fiction. Tampa (Fla) Fiction. Havana (Cuba) Fiction. TXMIT