City in Ruins
A Novel
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4.5 • 393 Ratings
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- $14.99
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Publisher Description
Instant New York Times Bestseller!
“The final shattering installment in a gangland trilogy to equal The Godfather. If you like Scarface and Goodfellas, this is where it’s at.” — Stephen King
“City in Ruins is Don Winslow showing the rest of us how it’s done. Winslow has saved the best for last.” — James Patterson
“The Godfather for our generation.” — Adrian McKinty
From New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow comes City in Ruins – his epic, genre-defining crime masterpiece . . . and the final novel of Winslow’s extraordinary career.
Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love.
Danny Ryan is rich.
Beyond his wildest dreams rich.
The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman – a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally, Danny has it all: a beautiful house, a child he adores, a woman he might even fall in love with.
Life is good.
But then Danny reaches too far.
When he tries to buy an old hotel on a prime piece of real estate with plans to build his dream resort, he triggers a war against Las Vegas power brokers, a powerful FBI agent bent on revenge and a rival casino owner with dark connections of his own.
Danny thought he had buried his past, but now it reaches up to him from the grave to pull him down. Old enemies surface, and when they come for Danny they vow to take everything – not only his empire, not just his life, but all that he holds dear, including his son.
To save his life and everything he loves, Danny must become the ruthless fighter he once was – and never wanted to be again.
Ranging from the gritty back rooms of Providence, RI to the power corridors of Washington, DC and Wall Street to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, City in Ruins is an epic crime novel of love and hate, ambition and desperation, vengeance and compassion.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The stakes can’t get much higher in this stunning crime fiction epic from the genre’s modern maestro, Don Winslow. Ex-mobster Danny Ryan has gone legit, using the wealth from his criminal career to become one of the most successful casino moguls in Las Vegas. But there’s one more deal he has to land to complete his empire…and to pull it off, he’ll have to call on some friends from that shady past he left behind. Winslow’s taut novel is packed full of underworld rivalries, battles with law enforcement, and flawed, complex characters, and we were happily along for the ride as Danny and his colorful crew rise to a challenge that, one way or another, may be their last. The final book in Winslow’s City trilogy is a magnum opus so great, you may want to start with the first book, City on Fire, to experience the maximum impact of this future classic.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Winslow (City of Dreams) concludes his Danny Ryan trilogy—and his career as a novelist—with an addictive finale that charts the Rhode Island mobster turned Las Vegas casino mogul's turbulent business dealings and deadly feuds. In 1997, Ryan has relocated from California to Sin City, using millions of dollars of stolen cartel money to buy his way into the thriving Tara Group corporation. As director of hotel operations, Ryan owns two leading properties on the Strip, with ambitions to build a third: his elegant dream hotel, Il Sogno. When Ryan's chief rival, Vernon Winegard, bids on a crumbling 1950s relic in a prime location for Il Sogno, Ryan slyly undermines the sale, blocking Vernon's plans to dominate the Strip. Retaliatory moves from Vernon, together with FBI subdirector Regina Moneta's relentless efforts to get revenge on Ryan for his role in the death of her lover 10 years earlier, soon demolish his hotelier dreams and turn his days into a gory fight for survival. Bolstered by careful plotting and meticulous attention to character, Winslow's ambitious narrative culminates with an exhilarating climax that beautifully wraps up the series' many plot threads. It's a fitting swan song from a giant of crime fiction.
Customer Reviews
Read ALL three! Great trilogy.
Darn sad that this was Don’s last book and only a trilogy. I, for one wish for more Danny Ryan but it wasn’t to be. Maybe a follow up with Ian later on??
I’m a providence guy
So these books especially reached out to me. This one was a little all over the place, hence the three stars, and if one more writer spells the Italian slang word “Madonna,” “Marone,” I’m gonna lose my lunch! But all things considered it was a good Irish/Italian mob story complete with a move to Vegas. Should have hired Tom Hagen tho!
Great ending to a great series
Read the series. It’s well written, the characters are interesting, the story is good. What else is there to say. Very enjoyable