Sensual. Stylish. Sinister.
Spend A Night With Manhattan’s Queerest Gangster.
Nicholas Fife, otherwise known as ‘Slick Nick, ‘ is all about fairness. That’s why he gives the clubs owners that are under his control until Christmas Eve to pay him his percentages.
But the night before Christmas? Accounts must be paid. In full.
Just like that other Saint Nick, Fife flies around New York City in his motorized sleigh going from club to club, checking off names on his ‘naughty list.’ Only instead of leaving presents, he leaves with them. Accompanied by his trusty assistant, the whimsical Wim, Fife visits a speak only to find it’s been robbed by three Santas. Determined to get what’s rightfully his, Fife spends the night before Christmas flying from speakeasies to respectable businesses to building fire escapes.
A holiday tale unlike any other, The Naughty List is a Hidden Gotham short story for the naughty and the nice alike.
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Chris Holcombe is the author of the Hidden Gotham series, LGBTQ+ noir that readers call ‘Honest-to-goodness pulp fiction at its gayest and most glamorous!’ Set in the Queer clubs of 1920s NYC, Hidden Gotham exposes and explores that fabulous yet gritty life during The Decade That Roared.His first novel, The Double Vice, received great acclaim upon its release, with Queer Writers of Crime calling it, ‘One of the best I’ve read all year! I can’t recommend it highly enough!’ Follow-ups, The Blind Tiger, The Devil Card, and The Red Fox, all received similar praise.Chris’s work features engaging characters, whip-smart dialogue, and page-turning plots. He also infuses real Queer history and at least one ‘seriously, WTF?!’ Prohibition factoid into every book. All written in an immersive, atmospheric writing style.He is also an accomplished brand strategist for advertising, an award-winning songwriter, a delightful cook, and a theme park nerd. (So, yes, a future Hidden Gotham novel will take place at Coney Island.)He is currently hard at work on his next book, and he asks that you send gin and chocolate for encouragement.