Cogan's Trade

Cogan's Trade PDF Author: George V. Higgins
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0307947238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
A hard-hitting, tour de force tale of the mob and the man who makes sure their rules are the only rules, by the American master of crime George V. Higgins. Jackie Cogan is an enforcer, and when the mob's rules get broken, Cogan is called in to take care of business. This time a high-stakes card game has been held up by an unknown gang of thugs. Calculating, ruthless, businesslike, and with a shrewd sense of other people's weaknesses, Cogan plies his trade, moving among a variety of hoods, hangers-on, and big-timers, tracking those responsible, and returning "law and order" to the lawless Boston underworld. Combining remarkable wit, crackling dialogue, and a singular ability to show criminal life as it is lived, George V. Higgins builds an incredible story of crime to an unforgettable climax.

Cogan's Trade

Cogan's Trade PDF Author: George V. Higgins
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1409137589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
A crime masterpiece brought back into print - and transformed into the major film, Killing Them Softly, starring Brad Pitt. 'Brilliant' WASHINGTON POST 'Gripping' TIMES 'Masterly' WALL STREET JOURNAL Jackie Cogan doesn't advertise what he does. But when the New England mob have a mess they need cleared up, they know who to call. Markie Trattman runs a high-stakes card-game under their protection. When the game gets raided by a couple of no-name hoodlums, Jackie's out of pocket. Unless of course he set up the heist himself. Either way the mob's got a problem. To restore credibility and keep things running smooth, they need to find out who's behind the heist - and then justice must be seen to be done. Which is where Jackie comes in. The trouble is, this is one game with a lot of players, including an out-of-town hitman, a sleazy attorney, a professional dog-stealer, and enough hoods, hangers-on and high-rollers to really make Jackie earn his dough. Filmed as Killing Them Softly.

Cogan's Trade

Cogan's Trade PDF Author: George V. Higgins
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
ISBN: 9780786711086
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
A gritty novel of the Boston underworld traces the life and crimes of Jackie Cogan, a mob enforcer who has his hands full carrying out the mafia's dirty work. Reprint.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle PDF Author: George V. Higgins
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1429931981
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
The classic novel from "America's best crime novelist" (Time), with a new introduction by Dennis Lehane George V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. When small-time gunrunner Eddie Coyle is convicted on a felony, he's looking at three years in the pen--that is, unless he sells out one of his big-fish clients to the DA. But which of the many hoods, gunmen, and executioners whom he calls his friends should he send up the river? Told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of lowlifes and detectives, The Friends of Eddie Coyle is one of the greatest crime novels ever written. “The best crime novel ever written--makes The Maltese Falcon read like Nancy Drew.” -- Elmore Leonard

Killing Them Softly (Cogan's Trade Movie Tie-in Edition)

Killing Them Softly (Cogan's Trade Movie Tie-in Edition) PDF Author: George V Higgins
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 034580502X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Brad Pitt Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the mob. When a high-stakes card game is heisted by unknown hoodlums, Cogan is called in to “handle” the problem. Moving expertly and ruthlessly among a variety of criminal hacks, hangers-on, and bigger-time crooks—a classic cast of misfits animated by Higgins’s hilarious, cracklingly authentic dialogue—Cogan gets to the root of the problem and, with five consecutive shots from a Smith & Wesson thirty-eight Police Special, restores order to his corner of the underworld.

Revenge of the Kremlin

Revenge of the Kremlin PDF Author: Gérard de Villiers
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0804169365
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
In this gripping, tightly plotted tale of espionage, Malko Linge investigates the suspicious death of a Russian oligarch in London. Boris Berezovsky is living in exile in London to avoid the wrath of Vladimir Putin. One morning, the unlucky oligarch is found dead in his bathroom, an apparent suicide. Their suspicions aroused, MI5 opens an investigation—but Prime Minister David Cameron orders the case closed. Alarmed at the renewal of Russian Cold War tricks and Moscow’s increasingly close ties to London, the CIA dispatches Malko Linge to investigate Berezovsky’s death and the British cover-up. With help from an alluring former CIA handler, Malko dives into the search for hard evidence of the Kremlin’s involvement in the affair—putting himself directly in the crosshairs of the world’s most efficient assassins.

Rat on Fire

Rat on Fire PDF Author: George V. Higgins
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1780332688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
It sometimes seems like a good idea to put a match to the problem you'd most like to be without. When it's a slum full of blacks who don't pay the rent, and your buildings are all insured, then it's the best idea of all. But if you pay Jimmy and Leo to do it for you, you may find you've got another problem. One of the best loved titles from this American master of literary low life.

Bomber's Law

Bomber's Law PDF Author: George V. Higgins
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0345804678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
A winding tale of suspicion and intrigue, George V. Higgins skillfully recounts the story of elusive Short Joey Mossi. When detective sergeant Harry Dell’Appa went into enforced exile in the Berkshires to put an end to an ill-fated office romance, he didn’t expect to be called back to Boston so soon. But desperate times…so the saying goes, and head detective Brian Dennison is keen for Short Joey Mossi, a suspected mob exterminator, to be arrested once and for all. Dell’Appa is called in to assist detective Bob Brennan, an old rival of his, who despite knowing all there is to know about Mossi, has never apprehended him. The plot thickens and Dell’Appa learns time and time again of the primacy of Bomber’s Law: they always “do it for the money”. In Bomber’s Law, Higgins operates on a captivating policy of “partial disclosure”, leaving the reader to piece together the plot, morsel by morsel.

The Sampson Family

The Sampson Family PDF Author: Mrs. Lilla E (Briggs) Sampson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description

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