There are Dead Men in Manhattan by John Roeburt

"Jigger" Moran, disbarred attorney, angle man and cab driver, had become a Manhattan institution. Those in the know said of "Jagger," Moran is the guy to go to when you need something done. He's got a brain, he's got drag, he knows the town like he X-rayed every inch. What a private Shamus can't do for you, what a lawyer can't do for you, what you can't do for yourself - "Jigger" can do.

Dixie Travers, Broadway gambler, was definitely in the know. So, when he wanted a man released who was on trail for murder, he went to "Jigger." A fee of $10,000 helped persuade "Jigger" to accept the assignment.

"Jigger" soon had reason to regret taking the case. Homicide Captain A'Hearn, goaded beyond human endurance, comes within a breath of murdering "Jigger"...A juror is poisoned...District Attorney Rawlings places "Jigger" under indictment to end, once and for all, his unofficial interjection in murder cases.

A top-notch mystery by John Roeburt, author of Tough Cop and winner of the Mystery Writers Edgar award.

Paperback, 1951

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