Surrounded by enemies both within and outside the Di Napoli crime family, Denny wonders if he will live long enough to see the new millennium.

Denny has never recovered from the loss of the only girl he ever loved thirty years before, and at the age of 52, life in the mob has just become a habit. In 1999, as he looks back over three decades of running the same rackets with his partner Frankie since the 1970s, Denny is hungry for change as the days tick down toward a new century. But change is sometimes thrust up you ...

After Denny is critically injured in a bomb blast, he finds the motivation for change through a self-help book aimed at aging entrepreneurs and by impulsively becoming a foster parent to Jessie, an eight-year-old girl who ran from abuse and neglect.

But can an old dog learn new tricks?

Can a middle-aged gangster learn how to parent a feisty little girl, fight a war against the vicious Russian mob that is looming on the horizon, and defend against an internal takeover of the Di Napoli family?

Denny must find a way to survive while he keeps those he loves safe and learns to love again.

"... Denny's growing love for little Jessie is a stark contrast to the violence he faces in the world of organized crime ..."

"... the tension that grows throughout this novel is gripping ..."

"... an edge-of-your-seat gangster story ..."

"... this one is a must-read ..."