The Consigliere, A Novel
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The Consigliere, A Mafia Lawyer’s Quest to Choose Love Over Revenge, is a coming-of-age, family saga that digs deep into the psyche of a middle-aged man stunned with grief and regret.Meet Declan Quinn, a mafia lawyer who believes his life is meaningless after the tragic drowning of his eight-year-old daughter. At a crossroad between misery and the longing for peace, he shuns his duties as the Consigliere and embarks on a search to find the sister he abandoned when he joined the mob thirty years ago. But first, he must confront his mafia Don and face the truth of his past.With a page-turning narrative, The Consigliere, A Mafia Lawyer’s Quest to Choose Love Over Revenge, is a story filled with suspense and intrigue. It starts when Declan Quinn is an angry, vengeful teen, and then catches up with him three decades later as he questions every choice, every crossroad—especially, the one he stands in now.Determined to reclaim his destiny and to find peace, Declan never expects his grandfather and son to assist him on this journey, but they become key figures when scheming against the mafia Don. At different stops, Declan reunites with friends he knew before joining the mob, beginning at the Lower East Side and Brooklyn. He treks through uncharted lands overseas to unveil a mystery hidden for twenty years. Declan uses the tools of love, forgiveness, and courage, as he tries to overcome life’s inevitable challenges and the past that haunts him—or hunts him down.Can Declan Quinn overcome a pact made with his mob boss that keeps him bound and gagged, or will he wiggle free from it all and find the light he once possessed?READERS’ FAVORITE REVIEWS: FIVE STARSDonna Masotto has crafted a story that is as inspiring as it is entertaining, starting with the protagonist’s colorful yet troubled childhood, with an abusive father who drank himself from one jail cell to the next. When his mother is murdered and his sister sent away, Decla
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