McNicoll has a keen eye for lurid detail and her narratives moves along with compelling force Canadian Book Review Annual Who were the gangster women who risked everything to stay with the men of the underworld This gripping account chronicles the history of gangsters molls and mob queens from harbouring criminals to life on the run. Susan McNicoll investigates these intriguing unions from the heady days of the 1930s flapper era and beyond. Had they abandoned everything for love or did the ide