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Oelwein Daily Register, “The Magic of the Cornfield,” Sept. 20, 2023

Popular Author Talk (60 mins): “Gangster(s) in Our Midst: The Untold Story,” wherein I expose the backstory of mobster Louie La Cava, who, soon after arriving in my Iowa hometown in the early 1920s, boasted of being bookkeeper to Al Capone. The historical crime novel chronicles the gangster’s life during the 60 years he resided in the town. Other gangsters also roamed the Midwest in the “Gangster Era” of the 1920s/30s. Contact me for more information.

2024 Gangster Tour — Fairbank, IA announced: (Press Release-GangsterTour – IA, 2024)

BOOZE AND BOOKS, THURSDAY, OCT. 24, 6 P.M.

Chapter2 Books and Black Rooster Bistro are hosting Author Betty Brandt Passick at the Booze & Books monthly get-together on October 24, 6 p.m., 516 2nd Street-lower level, in Hudson, WI. The Twin Cities author grew up in Iowa and it became the setting for her gangster series.

Chapter2 Books will be offering books for purchase at the event. The $12 ticket fee covers a custom cocktail from Black Rooster Bistro created to celebrate the topic. To learn more and purchase tickets (not required), visit www.blackroosterbistro.com/boozeandbooks.

The author’s historical crime novels – Gangster in Our Midst: Bookkeeper, Lieutenant, and Sometimes Hitman for Al Capone (2017) and The Black Bag of Dr. Wiltse, Murder on the Prairie (2021) – both won Indie Book awards.

“I use a unique cross-genre that utilizes elements of fiction and nonfiction,” Passick said, “with very interesting results.” Read more at www.BettyBrandtPassick.com.