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A hard-hitting, tour-de force tale of the mob and the man who makes sure their rules are the only rules, by the American master of crime George V. Higgins. Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the New England mob. When a high-stakes card game is heisted by unknown hoodlums, Cogan... Read Full Overview

Cogan's Trade is the top-notch crime novel rated by the New Yorker as the "best" from "the Balzac of the Boston underworld." Crackling dialogue, mordant humor, and unremitting tension drive the suspenseful stakes of the game higher in Boston's precarious underworld of small-time... Read Full Overview

Crackling dialogue, mordant humor, and unremitting tension drive the suspenseful stakes of the game higher in Boston's precarious underworld of small-time mobsters, crooked lawyers, and political gofers as George V. Higgins, the writer who boiled crime fiction harder, tracks... Read Full Overview

Jackie Cogan is a hitman for the New England mob who has been enlisted to find out who pulled the latest heist at a criminal poker ring and "take care of them." A ruthless professional with the efficacy of a businessman and a sharp sense for recognizing other people's weaknesses,... Read Full Overview