Liam Seamus Aloysius Mulligan is a newspaper reporter in an age when newspapers have fallen on hard times. News is readily available online and on cable TV and many people say they have no time to read. Mulligan's editor has assigned him a dog story to write - a piece of fluff, a good news story to increase readership. Mulligan focuses, however, on a rash of arson-caused deaths in Providence, Rhode Island. His editor informs him that he must take Edward Anthony Mason IV on all his assignments. Edward's father owns the paper and Edward is a recent graduate of Columbia School of Journalism. Mulligan resents having to mentor Mason, but respect, trust, and a partnership ensue. This is a page-turner and is true to life with several unresolved issues. At times the language is a bit rough, but Rhode Island history and Red Sox mania make this book an enjoyable read.
"People are what they do."
Anthony Award Best First Novel 2011
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