Murder at the Galliano Club: A Prohibition historical fiction thriller

In 1926, thanks to Prohibition, it’s hard to find a beer in Lido, New York. But trouble is always on tap at the Galliano Club.

Winner, 2023 Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical.

Social hub for the Italian immigrant community, the Galliano Club serves bootleg beer and Luca Lombardo’s signature sandwiches to workers from the city’s copper mills. The club means everything to Luca, who arrived in Lido with nothing left to lose.

He’ll do whatever it takes to keep the club afloat, even staying silent about a murder in the alley behind the building.

From her second-floor window, Ruth Cross witnessed the murder, but a scandalous past keeps her quiet.

Could gangster Benny Rotolo be involved? Chased out of Chicago by Al Capone, he fled to Lido with nothing more than a gun in his pocket and dreams of his own bootlegging empire. He wants to seize the Galliano Club and turn it into his private speakeasy.

A collision between Luca and Benny is coming . . . Unless the killer gets there first.

Are you a fan of The Godfather, Road to Perdition, The Untouchables, or Boardwalk Empire?

If you love historical fiction featuring Prohibition-era stories of Chicago gangsters, Italian mobsters, and bold bootleggers, you’ll love MURDER AT THE GALLIANO CLUB, the first novel in the award-winning trilogy.

Actor and narrator James Froemel takes you inside the Roaring Twenties, voicing an unforgettable cast of characters.