Brooklyn · Construction noir

RED IRON

One tower. Five books. A debt that never stops compounding.

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The First Pour — RED IRON Book I

Eddie Keane has always believed he won clean. When his small contracting firm takes the bid on the Mercier, a glass tower on the Brooklyn waterfront, he thinks he has finally made it. Then he is summoned to the back room of a pork store, where Frank Calabro lays out the terms: names on the payroll, a concrete supplier of his choosing, and no questions.

RED IRON is a five-book crime series about what a tower really costs. Each novella follows one season on the job. Every volume stands on its own, and together they tell the story of a man who learns that the first compromise is the only one that looks small.

The series

Five seasons on the job.

Cover of The First Pour

RED IRON · Book I

The First Pour

The deal is made, and the foundation takes in more than steel and cement.

Cover of No-Show

RED IRON · Book II

No-Show

Twelve men are paid every Friday and none has ever swung a hammer.

Cover of Change Order

RED IRON · Book III

Change Order

Every change order is a small lie with a signature on it. This one has a body.

Cover of Short Paid

RED IRON · Book IV

Short Paid

A federal letter arrives and every payment Eddie ever made comes due.

Cover of Topping Out

RED IRON · Book V

Topping Out

The tower is finished. The reckoning is not.

For readers of

Mafia thrillers. Union and construction noir.

Crime series where every compromise has a price.

Who is Dean Harlow

Crime fiction in the American tradition of the union novel.

Lean, procedural and unsentimental. Read more →

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