Dinner At Tony Napolis, Edward Izzi
Dinner At Tony Napolis, Edward Izzi
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Dinner At Tony Napoli's

Author: Edward Izzi

Narrator: Joe Farinacci

Unabridged: 9 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2023


Synopsis

It was the end of a Chicago era.Antonio ‘Tony Napoli’ Sorrentino has finally closed his legendary restaurant in the heart of the West Loop. It has been a gathering place for prominent politicians, famous entertainers, renowned dignitaries, and of course…well-known mobsters. Often dubbed the ‘Artie Bucco’ of the Chicago Outfit, 87-year-old Tony Sorrentino has decided to close his celebrated restaurant after 57 years. Suffering from late-stage cancer, the time had come to sell his property to a local developer and close his business for good. The demolition equipment arrived to begin annihilating his prominent restaurant one November afternoon. As Sorrentino sat in his Cadillac across the street, he uttered the words that so many FBI agents often wondered out loud: “If ‘dem walls could only talk.”Suddenly, the demolition stopped, and several construction workers climbed out of their machines to begin digging through the rubble by hand. They abruptly make a gruesome discovery: Four decomposed bodies in large black body bags are discovered beneath the concrete foundation.Chicago P.D. Detective Dennis Romanowski is very familiar with the famous restauranteur. Being half Italian, Sorrentino is a cousin on his maternal side and has often referred to him as ‘Zio Tony.’ When called at the Eighteenth District on that autumn day, he visits Sorrentino in his prison cell. There, he finds a sickly, broken old man being held on suspicion of first-degree murder. Realizing he may soon die in prison, Anthony Sorrentino decides to break the family ‘omerta,’ or the code of silence. Sitting his detective nephew down in a prison conference room, Sorrentino narrates the stories of crime, extortion, and unsolved murders that only he and the walls of his renowned restaurant were the only witness to… 

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Goodreads review by Book

Edward Izzi's gripping novel, Dinner at Tony Napoli’s, is an intricate murder mystery set amidst the shadowy backdrop of Chicago's underworld. The narrative thrusts readers into a labyrinthine plot involving a mob known as the Chicago Outfit, a beloved eatery, and a detective entwined in a conflict......more

When I saw the author Edward Izzi’s name on the cover of this book, I already knew that Dinner at Tony Napoli’s would grab my attention at age one. This piece of historical fiction is reminiscent of The Godfather movies from the 1970s with an offbeat twist of humor. This story is unique as it focuse......more