The Scam

Detective Vince Bianco had no idea what he was getting himself into when he agreed to investigate the disappearance of a prominent Long Island bank vice president. He discovers that the missing bank officer had become part of an elaborate bank fraud perpetrated by one of the bank's own clients. But when the client turns up dead - the victim of a mob style hit, the investigation takes a new twist. The trail leads to the bosses of two notorious New York crime families suspected in a rash of thefts from air cargo warehouses at JFK International Airport. After an air cargo employee is found brutally murdered, a connection is made between his murder and the bank scheme. Determined to crack the case, Vince sets out to find the missing bank officer, break up the ring responsible for the airport thefts, and bring the two Mafia bosses to justice.

J.R. Malerba was born in Brooklyn, NY, and lived on Long Island for twenty-nine years. He has had a distinguished career in banking, and draws on that experience to write his novel. Now retired, he enjoys writing, traveling, and classic cars. He currently resides in Ocala, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia.