Rogue Island
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3.8 • 58 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
2011 Edgar Award Winner for Best First Novel
Liam Mulligan is as old school as a newspaper man gets. His beat is Providence, Rhode Island, and he knows every street and alley. He knows the priests and prostitutes, the cops and street thugs. He knows the mobsters and politicians—who are pretty much one and the same.
Someone is systematically burning down the neighborhood Mulligan grew up in, people he knows and loves are perishing in the flames, and the public is on the verge of panic. With the whole city of Providence on his back, Mulligan must weed through a wildly colorful array of characters to find the truth.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The serial torching of Mount Hope, a deteriorating Providence, R.I., neighborhood, sparks an investigative reporter's mission to smoke out the firebug in DeSilva's promising debut. Journalist Liam Mulligan, a Mount Hope native, smells arson in the ashes of tenement fires that have claimed the lives of several friends. The deeper he digs into suspicious circumstances surrounding the blazes, though, the more resistance he meets from police, politicians, landlords, and lawyers. Soon, Mulligan himself is fingered for the fires by the same sleazy authorities he's investigating. Smart-ass Mulligan is a masterpiece of irreverence and street savvy, and DeSilva does a fine job of evoking the seamy side of his beat through the strippers, barkeeps, bookies, and hoodlums who are his confidantes and companions. They all contribute to the well-wrought noirish atmosphere that supports this crime novel's dark denouement. A twist in the tale will keep readers turning the pages until the bitter end.
Customer Reviews
Fun and addicting
What a fun read. I lived for twenty years in rhode island and loved the travels through my old "home" state. Bruce Desilva captured the culture,albeit somewhat exaggerated accurately. The mystery had me hooked, reading it in one day. I'll look forward to his next adventure wherever it takes place.
Rogue Island
Just discovered Bruce DeSilva, loved this debut novel!!! Happy to be adding this author to my "always look for" list! Cliff Walk is my next to read and can only hope the Mulligan stories continue in abundance!