New York; a city where danger lurks around every corner and redemption comes at the highest price. In these troublesome times where corruption reigns and mafia crime lords rule with iron fists, an unlikely trio comes together and dares to challenge the status quo. "The Night Firefly" by David Stewart Handleman is an exhilarating slow-burning thriller that will keep you turning pages from the very beginning. The book centers around Samantha Gaines, an ordinary mother thrust into extraordinary circumstances. When fate deals her a cruel hand, Samantha is forced to shed her conventional life and embrace a darker path. With an unquenchable thirst for justice and lots of training, she transforms herself into a lethal force of nature, hellbent on eradicating the Mafia's stranglehold from her life_. Accompanied by her two loyal best friends with ulterior motives of their own, Samantha navigates a treacherous world of shadows and secrets. Every mission is a dance with death, every success bringing her a step closer to her ultimate goal. But diving into the criminal underworld comes with a price: the line between justice and vengeance begins to blur for Samantha. As the body count rises and the streets run red with blood, Samantha's evolution to calculating assassin grows increasingly nerve-wracking. With each kill, she hones her skills, becoming a Night Firefly that strikes in the middle of the night, raising fear into the hearts of even the most hardened criminals_. Will Samantha's mission help cleanse the city of its rot, or will she lose herself and everything she has known forever? "The Night Firefly" is a gripping tale of sacrifice, redemption, and the lengths one woman will go to protect what she holds dear.