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It’s a sunny January morning in San Francisco, and John Callaghan, head of the powerful Callaghan crime syndicate, is about to be murdered.
The mystery isn’t why—over the years he’s made any number of enemies—but rather who. Many candidates are emerging, each with a story to tell: his violent nephew, his skeptical, world-weary lawyer, and his seemingly inept actor son-in-law.
There are other complications, too: a greedy widow demanding money, an ambitious young upstart looking to move up, and rumors of a rat in the union crew.
John Callaghan would do well to be careful.
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“Cassandra Myers’s debut novel, They Shut Me Up, is as surprising as it is engaging. It tells the story of John Callaghan, a San Francisco mobster of Irish descent who manages his empire as neatly as he arranges his wardrobe. We learn about him from the revolving perspectives of three men in his orbit -- an attorney, an underling and a son-in-law, all hoping for a kind word, a smile, a nod of approval. We learn of their own weaknesses as we see the unfolding cruelty of the man whose admiration they seek. The stunning conclusion is masterful, shocking and a sign of great things to come from Myers as she explores the seedy underworld of organized crime and the darkness of our souls. – Paul Totah, co-author of Murder at Beach Chalet