O'Banion's Gift - Hardcover

O'Rourke, Michael

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8 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0974477702 ISBN 13: 9780974477701

Publisher: St. John's Publishing Company, 2003

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A lawyer handling a stressful child custody case in 1996 seeks distraction in the search for a woman who fled Chicago in 1924 with money stolen from Al Capone by rival gangster Dion O'Banion. What starts as a curiosity about Capone's murder of O'Banion soon ripens into an obsession as he follows the trail of intrigue and deception laid down by the woman as she flees mob executioners down through the years.

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About the Author:

Michael O'Rourke is a lawyer and former Fortune 500 general counsel, adjunct professor of law, and district court judge. He lives in the Twin Cities. O'Banion's Gift follows his first novel, The Ordeal of Riley McReynolds

Review:

"A page turner -- touching and very funny." -- Vince Flynn, October, 2003

A fascinating take on an old Prohibition Era mob mystery. RON MAGERS, News Anchor, ABC-7, Chicago. -- Ron Magers, October, 2003

O'Rourke has a gift for you, O'Banion's Gift. STEVE THAYER, author of The Weatherman and Silent Snow. -- Steve Thayer, October, 2003

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