Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprie
Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa in New York? Anything but as tonight's guests include a local police detective and his wife specially invited by the owner on the balcony rival bookmaker gangsters from Queens who want to become partners in the restaurant in the corner renowned food critic 'the food nymph' is her usual demanding self and at the bar, seemingly unnoticed, is Ken. As the evening continues enter Duncan, inveterate gambler and sous-chef on-the-line in the frenetic kitchen downstairs, who acts as the catalyst that causes the evening to draw to its inevitable, explosive, deadly conclusion. Written by Mark Smith <msmith@osi.co.uk>
