To his regulars, John Mahon sold good stuff at a fair price. To old junkie jazzer, Stumpy Redman, Irish John was a man with secrets. Pauli West was impressed with him—after all, Mahon had saved him from a drive-by shooting. But it was Jack Lynn who organized that shooting, who knew who the real John Mahon was. The city was scorching with drugs, there were fortunes to be made and scores to be settled. Mahon knew that his relationship with Fran could compromise everything, but was he prepared to take that chance.
To his regulars, John Mahon sold good stuff at a fair price. To old junkie jazzer, Stumpy Redman, Irish John was a man with secrets. Pauli West was impressed with him—after all, Mahon had saved him from a drive-by shooting. But it was Jack Lynn who organized that shooting, who knew who the real John Mahon was. The city was scorching with drugs, there were fortunes to be made and scores to be settled. Mahon knew that his relationship with Fran could compromise everything, but was he prepared to take that chance.