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Rogue Island
Rogue Island | Bruce DeSilva
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2011 Edgar Award Winner 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. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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megt
Rogue Island | Bruce DeSilva
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Mehso-so

My library picked this as a "One Genre, One Community" title (along with books by Hallie Ephron & Hank Phillipi Ryan). I was excited to read a new to me local mystery author, but this ended up falling flat. The writing isn't bad, but I felt like some clues were too obviously or lazily placed. Too much important action happens off the page and is just summarized. DeSilva's books are well reviewed, but just not for me.