In the past ten years, Joe Coughlin has distanced himself from his former life as the crime head of Floridian gangsters. Prohibition is behind him. He acts as the consigliere to the Bartolo crime family. He feels he is farther enough from the family business to be on the good side of everyone, even the law. So he is surprised to learn that there is a contract out on his life. Raising his son alone after his Cuban wife was murdered, he works to keep most of his work hidden from his 10 year old son. He is a seemingly master at juggling his service to the various fractions of his "family", his politically connected mistress, and his son. There are deeper currents running through his life that he cannot control. That life is unraveling. How it plays out is what Lehane is superb at. A page turner that is more than a mystery more than a crime story.
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