A big novel in every way, packed with action, in a time of huge social upheaval, for this is Boston 1918-1919. With strikes, poverty, racism, corruption, anarchist bombs, riots on the streets and the arrival of the world flu pandemic, the book builds to the most violent part of a violent book, the police strike. It’s terrific.
Comparison: R J Ellory, Nelson DeMille, Mario Puzo.
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It's 1918. Boston. A city in turmoil as soldiers return home from World War One, bringing with them an epidemic of Spanish influenza. Danny Coughlin is the son of one of Boston's most powerful police captains. An undercover cop, he is hunting for revolutionaries and anarchists who, in the aftermath of war, are pledged to overthrow the city's ruling classes. But Danny soon finds his ideals compromised as, drawn into the conflict, his family starts to question where his loyalties really lie. Luther Lawrence is on the run. Having survived a murderous confrontation with a crime boss, he lands a job in the Coughlin household. But it isn't long before his dangerous past and his tenuous present are on a life-threatening collision course. As the city goes into meltdown, Danny and Luther must confront the storm of violence that threatens to engulf them if each is to survive...
The Given Day features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
The Given Day is available in Paperback, CD-Audio
The Given Day was written by Dennis Lehane and published by Black Swan an imprint of Transworld Publishers Ltd
The Given Day has 732 pages
£12.59
