Don Winslow. (2022). City on Fire: A Novel. HarperCollins.

Don Winslow. 2022. City On Fire: A Novel. HarperCollins.

Don Winslow, City On Fire: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2022.

Don Winslow. City On Fire: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2022.

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     Don Winslow is the author of twenty-five acclaimed, award-winning international bestsellers, including seven New York Times bestsellers (Savages, The Kings of Cool, The Cartel, The Force, The Border, City on Fire and City of Dreams). Savages was made into a feature film by three-time Oscar-winning writer-director Oliver Stone from a screenplay by Shane Salerno, Winslow and Stone. Winslow's epic Cartel trilogy has been adapted for TV and will appear as a weekly series on FX. Additional Winslow books are currently in development at Paramount (The Winter of Frankie Machine), Netflix (Boone Daniels), Warner Brothers (Satori), Sony (City on Fire, City of Dreams, City in Ruins) and Working Title ("Crime 101") and he has recently written a series of acclaimed and award winning short stories for Audible narrated by four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris. A former investigator, anti-terrorist trainer and trial consultant, Winslow has announced that City in Ruins will be his final novel.

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New York Times Bestseller!

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic new trilogy.

"Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating." – Stephen King

"Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation." – Adrian McKinty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chain

Two criminal empires together control all of New England.

Until a beautiful woman comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire.

Danny Ryan yearns for a more "legit" life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like family and the family he has sworn to protect, he becomes a leader, a ruthless strategist, and a master of a treacherous game in which the winners live and the losers die.

From the gritty streets of Providence to the glittering screens of Hollywood to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, two rival crime families ignite a war that will leave only one standing. The winner will forge a dynasty.

Exploring the classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, and honor, City on Fire is a contemporary masterpiece in the tradition of The Godfather, Casino, and Goodfellas—a thrilling saga from Don Winslow, "America's greatest living crime writer" (Jon Land, Providence Journal).

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     "A masterwork of mob fiction. . . City on Fire does for Rhode Island what David Chase's The Sopranos did for New Jersey. . . It's Winslow's ways with character, as well as his fluid narrative and highly visual scene-setting, that suggest this novel, the first in a planned trilogy, could well end up in the American-mob canon along with the works of Puzo, Scorsese and Chase." — Washington Post

     "Gritty, moody, and totally immersive, City on Fire is the first installment in an epic new series that is sure to grip readers from the start. This is Winslow at his very best." — Karin Slaughter, New York Times and internationally bestselling author

     "[Winslow's] books. . . . are adrenalized plot machines whose pages seem to turn themselves. . . . You don't read City on Fire so much as you let it take you for a ride." — USA Today

     "Pure genius! Nobody can bring such grit and such heart to crime fiction as Don Winslow—and with such a unique and compelling stylistic voice. This sprawling novel, populated with breathtakingly real characters, will grip you from the first page and never loosen its hold, and that remains true long after you've turned the last page. And what a delight that this is the first of a trilogy. Can hardly wait for the others!" — Jeffery Deaver on City on Fire

     "The crime fiction canon has no shortage of memorable mob sagas by such masters as Puzo, Ellroy, and Lehane. City on Fire, with its large cast of memorable characters and low-key allusions to classical literature, maintains Mr. Winslow's well-earned place in these ranks." — Wall Street Journal

     "Superb. This is storytelling with a keen edge. City on Fire is exhilarating to read." — Stephen King

     "A blistering novel filled with anger and bite. . . . Plenty of pain for the characters, plenty of thrills for the reader." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

     "Don Winslow can hold his own with the best of crime fiction's elite: Mario Puzo, George Higgins, Elmore Leonard. He's a bard of the bad guys and City on Fire is his most relentless book yet. You gotta have it."
     — Joe Hill, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

     "Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation.' — Adrian McKinty, #1 international bestseller and New York Times bestselling author of The Chain

     "Winslow's epic slow-burner, full of richly layered characters and tender personal struggles, bubbles to an intricate, exciting climax. Crime fiction fans will eagerly await the sequel." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

     "Winslow is our Dickens of modern crime. I can't think of anyone better at what he does."
     — Linwood Barclay, New York Times bestselling author

     "Stunning . . . Echoing Homer's epic Iliad, Winslow delivers a fast-paced, intense, and brooding story. It's perfect for readers of William Boyle, James Lee Burke, and Dennis Lehane." — Library Journal (starred review)

     "City on Fire is the best gangster novel since The Godfather."
     — Steve Cavanagh, bestselling author of the Eddie Flynn series
     

     "This completely immersive opening act signals a trilogy in the offing that will possess all the power of Winslow's celebrated Cartel novels." — Booklist (starred review)

     "A superior example of the gangster genre." — Sunday Telegraph (UK)

     "Winslow's previous Cartel trilogy is an...

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     July 15, 2021
     A blistering novel filled with anger and bite. Danny Ryan is a dockworker in Providence, Rhode Island, who's "faithful like a dog" to his wife, Terri, of the rival Murphy clan, and sometimes does some less-than-legal errands for his father-in-law, John. He wants more out of his life and wants to "not owe nobody nothing," but nobody ever leaves Dogtown. One day at the beach, he sees "the goddess who came out of the sea" and who "has a voice like sex." Terri's brother Liam Murphy accidentally-on-purpose touches the woman's breast, which sets off a chain reaction of events in which bullets fly and f-bombs and their ilk swarm like cicadas on nearly every page. You know, you just don't touch a made guy's woman, and the goddess is going out with Paulie Moretti. The Providence press gleefully reports the other-side-of-the-tracks bloodletting among men who supplement their wages with hijacking trucks and boosting heroin. So Danny wants out with his wife and son, but--well, it's complicated. Chances are they'll have to live and die in Dogtown. And, oh yeah, Danny loathes his rich mother, who tries so hard to make amends for abandoning him. The characters are as vividly described as some of them are vile: One guy "never met a job he couldn't lose." John Murphy is "the king of an empire that died a long time ago. The light of a long-dead star." At the ocean, Danny observes that the "whitecaps look like the beards of sad old men." A Murphy declares, "That Ryan blood....It's cursed." But the Murphy blood isn't exactly touched by angels either. And then there are the Morettis, all of them trapped in a cycle of crime and violence, just looking for an excuse to go to war. One difference between Danny and some of the others is he's never killed anybody. Yet. Meanwhile, a planned heist might just solve some financial problems for whomever survives all the betrayals. Plenty of pain for the characters, plenty of thrills for the reader.

     COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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     Starred review from July 19, 2021
     Set in 1986, this impressive series launch from Edgar finalist Winslow (the Cartel trilogy) focuses on the follies, vendettas, and private ambitions of warring mobsters in Providence, R.I. Well-connected, rival mob families have managed to coexist in the city in relative harmony for decades, with aging racketeer John Murphy and his Irish clan controlling the docks in the upper southside, known as Dogtown, and Pasco Ferri’s Italian circle on Federal Hill ruling the trucking industry. Murphy’s son-in-law, conscientious Danny Ryan, whose father once controlled the Irish syndicate, frequently does jobs for the powerful Moretti brothers, Peter and Paulie. But when Danny’s arrogant, troublemaker brother, Liam, drunkenly molests Paulie’s new girlfriend, it tears the fabric of their association, triggering a vicious lasting feud that wrecks the balance of power irrevocably. With Pasco’s retirement imminent, the provocation is the perfect excuse for the Morettis to beat Liam almost to death and initiate a power grab that forces peacekeeper Danny into a desperate battle to protect those he loves. Winslow’s epic slow-burner, full of richly layered characters and tender personal struggles, bubbles to an intricate, exciting climax. Crime fiction fans will eagerly await the sequel. Agent: Shane Salerno, Story Factory.

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     Starred review from August 1, 2021
     A tenuous peace exists between rival gangs in 1986 Providence, Rhode Island. The Irish control the docks, while the Italians run the drugs and hijack the trucks. Then, at the annual clambake, where both groups traditionally make nice, a femme fatale appears in a bikini (""the goddess who came out of the sea,"" as Danny Ryan describes her). Danny knows she's going to cause trouble, and it happens quickly. Pam, the goddess, is with one of the Italians, Paulie, and naturally, Liam, Danny's impetuous and ""Kennedy-handsome"" brother-in law (""he didn't kiss the Blarney Stone--it kissed him""), makes a crude pass at Pam. It's hardly surprising that Winslow begins several sections of this first in a trilogy with quotes from Homer's Iliad; the gang war that erupts when Pam (Helen of Troy) dumps Paulie (Menelaus) and takes up with Liam (Paris) drives the action, but the family drama featuring conflicted Danny (a fascinating blend of warrior Achilles and introspective Hector) is at the heart of the novel, and Winslow brilliantly captures the passion and human drama on the home front. Torn by domestic crises involving his wife, Terri, and his estranged mother, Danny longs to escape Providence, but his inherited role as head of the family holds him in place. Will an elaborate finesse set him free? This completely immersive opening act signals a trilogy in the offing that will possess all the power of Winslow's celebrated Cartel novels.

     COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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     Starred review from January 1, 2022
     

     Winslow ("Cartel Trilogy") hits the ground running in this stunning first installment of a planned trilogy about the conflict between two mob families who control New England in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Murphy and Moretti families have been at odds for years, but now a beautiful young woman named Pam comes between them. She gets involved with one of the Morettis and sets off events that soon evolve into a full-scale mob war and implicate hard-working young longshoreman and family man Danny Ryan, who provides part-time muscle for the Irish crime syndicate headed by John Murphy. When Danny is injured in a botched hit job, he will have to decide whether to step up and lead the crime family or be destroyed in a war that threatens him, his family, and his beloved hometown of Providence. VERDICT Echoing Homer's epic Iliad, Winslow delivers a fast-paced, intense, and brooding story. It's perfect for readers of William Boyle, James Lee Burke, and Dennis Lehane.--Bill Anderson

     Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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"Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating." – Stephen King

"Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation." – Adrian McKinty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chain

Two criminal empires together control all of New England.

Until a beautiful woman comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire.

Danny Ryan yearns for a more "legit" life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like family and the family he...

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