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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Action & Adventure
  • Language:English
  • Pages:274
  • Paperback ISBN:9781543904611

Leonard Bannister

by Lawrence J. Lilienthal Sr.

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Overview
Leonard Bannister desires to become rich during the roaring 20's. He wants to make life easier for his widowed mother. He gets a job working for Eric Atwater, a well-to-do businessman. Unknowingly Leonard becomes a transporter of bootlegged whiskey and rum. He learns that his father's death was not an accident as he was told. Leonard is determined to learn the truth of his father's death. A robbery, a mob murder, two more killings, work with and for the ATF lead Leonard to the truth and the person responsible for his father's death.
Description
Leonard Bannister, a young man wants to make life easer for his mother. He becomes friend with Irving Kline, a banker and stock broker. Needing money to invest he gets a job with Eric Atwater a wealth business man. It is while working for Atwater, Leonard becomes a transporter of bootlegged whiskey and rum. Leonard learns that his dad's death may not have been an accident as he was told years ago. He begins his quest for the truth. With the advice from his high school coach and help from an ATF agent he learns the truth.
About the author

Lawrence J. Lilienthal Sr. is a native of Meriden, Ct. A retired U. S. Marine and small business owner, he began writing short stories in 2014 and completed his first novel, The Red Rose Raiders in 2016. Lilienthal is a member of The Carteret Writers Group and The Word Weavers Critique Group. He resides in Eastern North Carolina and enjoys his free time in the Smoky Mountains at Maggie Valley, NC.