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My review.

Chicago May by Harry Duffin.
Chicago May book 1.
Sixteen-year-old peasant girl, May Sharpe, steals from her abusive father, and flees Ireland, to chase her dream of a new life in America. Arriving penniless and friendless in 1919’s America, May has to choose between honest poverty, or crime. Beautiful May is charmed by successful con-man, ‘Society’ Eddie. With her new lover’s guidance, teenage May soon becomes the city’s ‘Queen of Crooks’.
I really enjoyed this book. It was different. I liked May’s character. I wasn’t sure about Eddie. Great story. 4*.

Blurb.

Sixteen-year-old peasant girl, May Sharpe, steals from her abusive father, and flees Ireland, to chase her dream of a new life in America. Arriving penniless and friendless in 1919’s America, May has to choose between honest poverty, or crime. Beautiful May is charmed by successful con-man, ‘Society’ Eddie. With her new lover’s guidance, teenage May soon becomes the city’s ‘Queen of Crooks’.

But Joe, a stubborn local cop, has fallen for the spirited May. He is determined to save her from herself, and having to spend her life in prison. In the midst of her glitzy life, he confronts May to make a decision; a decision which would threaten, not only her new-found fame and fortune, but her young life…

About the author.

Harry Duffin is an award-winning British screenwriter, who was Head of Development at UK independent, the Cloud 9 Screen Entertainment Group, from its foundation in 1994. During that time he was the script executive responsible for seven major television series, including ‘Swiss Family Robinson’ starring Richard ‘John Boy’ Thomas, and ‘Twist in the Tale’, featuring William Shatner. Before joining Cloud 9, Harry worked extensively in British theatre and UK television, for both the BBC and ITV. He was on the first writing team for the BBC’s ‘EastEnders’. And while writing for Granada Television’s ‘Coronation Street’, he won the Writers’ Guild Award for Best TV serial. He is co-creator of the UK Channel Five teen-cult drama series ‘The Tribe’ by the Cloud 9 Screen Entertainment Group, which ran for five series, numbering 260 episodes. The ‘Tribe’ has been sold world-wide, and has a growing international fan base.