Bressio

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A plus-size New York City private investigator finds himself entangled in a chaotic mix of drugs, murder, government paranoia, and cheese Danish. Weighing in at 240 pounds, Alphonse Joseph Bressio is a significant figure in the legal investigation scene, though he’d prefer to be doing almost anything else. Ignoring his gut feeling, he accepts a powerful lawyer's request to assist the paranoid ex-girlfriend of L. Marvin Fleish, a middle-aged drug dealer. This decision plunges him into a world of trouble, as he faces local mobsters, overzealous federal agents, and former government officials while probing suspicious activities at a downtown loft linked to an alarming number of bodies. Bressio begins to wonder if it would have been safer to follow in his father's footsteps as a Mafia enforcer, which would have pleased his mother. Richard Ben Sapir delivers a wild, tongue-in-cheek twist on the hardboiled detective genre, with Bressio as a frenetic and humorous protagonist. The story features a colorful cast of anti-heroes, detestable villains, and hard-luck bystanders, making for an unforgettable journey through the world of noir crime fiction.