Three is the Charm is a powerful and brutal account of the dark sides of street life in NYC in 1956, packed with graphic sexual and violent scenes. As the lives of three working girls, Orange Julia, Bongo and Cake and their protector and diner owner Lou, intersects with the likes of Skuz, a wanna be pimp, and a host of other provocative characters the stage is set for the inevtiable yet unexpected. Will love conquor all in the end? Reader beware!

Renowned as the world's greatest xylophonist,

Ian Finkel was born in Brooklyn, New York. An incessant performing musician and composer, Ian is also an acclaimed and diverse writer, having penned many film and stage productions, novels and books of short stories.

Three is the Charm is his latest,most-provocative, explicit and at the same time lovingest novel.

Other novels include: You're Not Supposed to be Here, and Sex Stories my Wife Told Me.