Jack Carter and the Mafia Pigeon

With an Afterword by Nick TriplowPublished in North America for the first time--the final novel featuring Jack Carter (Get Carter, Jack Carter's Law) has London's slickest operator journeying to a Spanish villa to protect a wise-cracking Italian-American mobster.Jack Carter is not thrilled when his frustratingly unprofessional employers--London mob kingpins Gerald and Les Fletcher--force him to take a vacation. Jack doesn't like leaving the business in other people's hands, but especially not to a couple of ponces like Gerald and Les. Still, the company villa in Spain promises sunshine and some time to plot his next move. Jack has been fooling around with Audrey--Mrs. Gerald Fletcher--and the philandering couple are plotting a getaway that includes quite a bit of the company's funds.Jack soon discovers that he's on anything but a vacation. A cowardly house steward and a knuckle-dragging American gangster are already at the...