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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.

"Publishers Weekly" hails Rogue Island as one of the best debut novels of 2010 and calls the main character "a masterpiece of irreverence and street savvy."

"Kirkus Reviews" calls the book "a blistering debut."

Astarred review in "Booklist" says it's "definitely one of the year's best."

"Library Journal" says, "Boy does it deliver!"

And rarely has a first novel received so much advance praise from the world’s crime fiction royalty.

“With Rogue Island, Bruce DeSilva accomplishes something he takes everything we love about the classic hardboiled 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. One of the best debuts I’ve read since Dennis Lehane’s A Drink Before the War.”
-- Joseph Finder, New York Times best-selling author of Vanished and Paranoia.

Rogue Island is a tense, terrific thriller and a remarkably assured debut from Bruce DeSilva, an author to watch.
-- Dennis Lehane, best-selling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island.

The Rhode Island of Bruce DeSilva’s imagination is a claustrophobic little state where everyone knows your name, secrets are hard to keep, and corruption has ruled since the first colonial governor dined with Captain Kidd. 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. Rogue Island is a stunning debut in the noir tradition.
-- Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Long Lost and Hold Tight.

Rogue Island is a blast! 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, best-selling author of the Harry Bosch crime novels.

Bruce DeSilva puts it all out a gripping plot, memorable characters, and terrific writing. Rogue Island is a stunning debut, and DeSilva is a writer to watch.
-- Alafair Burke, author of 212.

Not since Dennis Lehane's A Drink Before the War have I read a first novel as compelling and sure-handed as DeSilva's Rogue Island. Investigative reporter Liam Mulligan has the tough-talking charm, the old school street smarts, and sexy chivalry of a Marlowe or Spade. He needs all these skills to navigate a world where vigilantes prowl the neighborhood with baseball bats, and everyone from sleazy politicians to mafia losers are out to slice off their pound of flesh. I hope Mulligan is around for years to come. He’s funny, fallible, and real.
-- James W. Hall, Edgar-Award-winning author of Hell’s Bay and Magic City

Fans of Michael Connelly and Robert B. Parker, rejoice. L.S.A. Mulligan is on the case. Rogue Island is full of high spirits, low cunning and barbed wit. A wry and entertaining debut in the grand hard-boiled tradition from Bruce DeSilva.
-- Peter Blauner, critically acclaimed author of Slow Motion Riot and Slipping Into Darkness.

Bruce DeSilva knows exactly how thrillers work, and he pulls out all the stops in this impressive debut. With a powerful and authentic sense of place, DeSilva peels back the curtain and shows us the real deal; a Providence as gritty and corrupt as any big city, and deadlier than most.
– Sean Chercover, award-winning author of Trigger City.

Cross me heart, I could have written a whole essay on how much I loved Rogue Island. Imagine Don Winslow peppered with Peter Dexter and you'd have the flavour and pace of this novel. The writing has a balanced poise that is perfectly suited to the narrative, there are no tidy solutions, and the ending leaves a fierce chill lingering. A terrific slow motion burn of a novel.
-- Ken Bruen, critically acclaimed Irish master of noir.

Even the title to Bruce DeSilva's fiercely entertaining novel is a comic play on words. For Rogue Island is really Rhode Island, and no one knows that roguishness better than Mulligan, the Providence reporter who drifts just high enough above its moral squalor to glimpse its battered charm. A debut novel as witty as it is intelligent, smoothly written and wryly told, a gem.
-- Thomas H. Cook, critically acclaimed author of Red Leaves and Master of the Delta.

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