![]() ![]() Velma has gone missing, and her well-connected father is desperate for her return so Fritz Hartmann hires private investigator 8 Ballo to find and return his wayward girl but from the outset 8 Ballo finds himself facing down gangsters and mobsters during the Prohibition era of the roaring 20s, mobsters that are also looking for the same woman as our story line hero. Told from limited omniscient third person perspective VELMA GONE AWRY focuses on the search for twenty-something heiress and ‘flapper’ Velma Hartmann. ![]() REVIEW: VELMA GONE AWRY is the first instalment in Matt Cost’s historical, adult BROOKLYN 8 BALLO noir mystery, crime series set in the roaring 20s, focusing on Brooklyn PI 8 Ballo. When he is hired to find the young flapper daughter of a German businessman, life suddenly becomes much more complicated. He enjoys his friends, a good book, jazz music, and a very simple life. ![]() Now, in his mid-thirties, 8 is a college educated man, a veteran of the Great War, jilted in love, and has his own private investigator business. She meant to change it to a real name at some point but never got around to it. Velma Gone Awry (Brooklyn 8 Ballo Mystery) by Matt Cost-a reviewĪBOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 12,2023Ĩ Ballo’s mother was certain he was going to be born a girl, but when he comes out a boy, she writes down simply the number 8, as he has seven older siblings. ![]()
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