Back in the day, the
Chelsea neighborhood of New York City wasn’t hip, chic, expensive, and
yuppified, with a Starbucks on every block. In fact, it was such a lousy
place to live, you could hardly give the real estate away. Populated by
gangsters, muggers, grandmothers with baseball bats, and parents
working long hours on the wrong side of the law to pay for tenement
apartments with no view, the place was also colorful, with memorable
characters straight out of a Damon Runyon novel.
It was in this
live-by-your-wits atmosphere that Dan Fortune grew up. One of his best
boyhood friends was Andy Pappas. They broke into the holds of ships
together, stealing cargo, watching one another’s back. But things
happen. Dan lost his arm in a failed robbery attempt, and decided it was
time to figure out another way to make a living.
With the people and
geography of Chelsea his only areas of expertise, he put out his
shingle: Dan Fortune, Private Detective.
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