Broadway after dark
From the mansion to the Velvet Paw, every job brings the Novelli Family together.
Gus Goldwhisker calls Slate, Milo, and Jack to the mansion. In the library, a pale patch on the wall marks the place where the family portrait once hung.
Milo questions Nicky, Sid, and Louie downstairs. The lead can send Jack to the Broadway Grand Hotel, the theater’s backstage storeroom, or the art dealer’s private vault. Gus wants that painting back on his wall.
Slate sends Milo to the freezer with Tommy and the wagon. He wants the money-filled bags that have been stashed among the plain ice.
In cold storage, the bags look alike until they are opened. Tommy loads the wagon as the job unfolds, while Milo keeps the collection moving through the freezer and back toward Broadway.
Gus sends Jack to collect the family’s earnings at the Velvet Paw. The call gives way to the public jazz lounge, where Claude meets him at the bar.
Claude escorts Jack to a concealed door and into the private salon. There, the evening moves from the card table to roulette and the rear VIP desk before Jack calls Gus and leaves the club.
Across town
On the other side of town, Vera Vesper owns a club of her own. She leads the Diamond Claws, and the Orchid Room is their territory.
Meet Vera Vesper