Carney is a, mostly, upstanding furniture salesman on 125th Street expecting his second child with his wife, Elizabeth. Beneath his normal façade, however, Carney descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks and financial strains force him to accept stolen goods from his cousin Freddie. When Freddie joins a crew planning to rob the Hotel Theresa and involves Ray as a fence, everything spirals out of control. As Ray juggles his dual life, he encounters shady cops and gangsters, leading to a struggle between his ambitions and his criminal ties. Can he survive this dangerous world while maintaining his respectable image? Continue Carney’s adventures in the Harlem saga with
Crook Manifesto.