Rogue Island

“A well-written, funny, sad, suspenseful look at this bewildering world we live in . . . often hilarious, though built around a deadly serious plot . . . Although set in the present, Rogue Island is in truth a loving tribute to a golden age of journalism that now has all but vanished.” — The Washington Post Liam Mulligan is as old school as a newspaperman gets. His beat is Providence, Rhode Island, and he knows every street and alley. He knows the priests and the prostitutes, the cops and the street thugs. He knows the mobsters and the politicians — who are pretty much one and the same. Times are changing fast. Corruption runs amok, and what a reporter has to do in the name of competition is becoming laughable. But when Mulligan realizes that someone is systematically burning down his old neighborhood, he ignores his bosses and his budding relationship to try to figure out the firebug’s identity. 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. “In this vivid landscape peopled by colorful mobsters, brutal cops, and sleazy politicians, a droll hero named Mulligan fights long odds to find a measure of justice. Rogue Island is a stunning debut in the noir tradition.” — Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Long Lost