Rogue Island [Paperback]

2011 Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel

Liam Mulligan is as old school as a newspaper man gets. His beat is Providence, Rhode Island, and he knows every street and alley. He knows the priests and prostitutes, the cops and street thugs. He knows the mobsters and politicians???who are pretty much one and the same.

Someone is systematically burning down the neighborhood Mulligan grew up in, 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.

???A tense, terrific thriller and a remarkably assured debut from Bruce DeSilva, an author to watch.??? ???Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of The Given Day and Shutter Island

???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.RogueIslandis a stunning debut in the noir tradition.??? ???Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Long Lost

???Writing with genuine authority, a dose of cynical humor, and a squinting eye on the world, Bruce DeSilva delivers a newspaper story that ranks with the best of them.??? ???Michael Connelly, New York Times bestselling author of the Harry Bosch novels

???WithRogueIsland,Bruce DeSilva accomplishes something remarkable: He takes everything we love about the classic hard-boiled detective novel and turns it into a story that's fresh, contemporary, yet timeless. By turns gripping, funny, and touching, it's a tale filled with characters so vivid they jump off the page.??? ???Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Paranoia

???Not since Dennis Lehane'sA Drink Beforethe Warhave I read a first novel as compelling and sure-handed asRogueIsllˆ