Ace Boon Coon

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Pub Date Sep 15 2020 | Archive Date Nov 30 2020

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From award-winning author Danny Gardner comes ACE BOON COON, the second in the Tales of Elliot Caprice historical crime fiction series about a disgraced police officer caught between worlds—black and white, good and bad.

It’s 1950s Illinois and Elliot Caprice has returned to his rural Southville homestead to help his uncle save the family farm, which is struggling through a drought. As racial tensions between agricultural workers rise, a murder pulls Elliot back to Chicago when his ties to both Jewish and Negro organized crime factions are discovered during a clash of competing interests around the development of the long-awaited Chicago campus of the University of Illinois.  

When pressures from federal agents representing Estes Kefauver’s Special Committee on Organized Crime along with the Nation of Islam, wealthy white potential investors, and a shadowy force called the White Circle League close in, Elliot must race to connect a money trail to two more murders to thwart the destruction of Southville—before forces combine to destroy Elliot. 


From award-winning author Danny Gardner comes ACE BOON COON, the second in the Tales of Elliot Caprice historical crime fiction series about a disgraced police officer caught between worlds—black and...


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Featured Reviews

Fans of Elliot Caprice won’t be disappointed. A timely dive into issues of poverty, economic disparity, and racial tension boiling over in 1950’s Chicago. In a story as relevant today as it was seventy years ago, Ace Boon Coon illustrates the struggle of a Black veteran trying to find his place in the world, torn between a failing family farm and the draw of the big city where glamour and corruption live side by side. Both worlds collide and threaten to bring Elliot to his knees. Smartly written, intricately plotted, highly recommended

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An enjoyable first read in what is destined to be one a great series. An historically accurate detective story with likable, relatable characters.

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