Bruce Desilva

Providence Rag Bruce Desilva

Publisher Marketing: DeSilva s portrait of the city is at once jaundiced and adoring, and in his hands Providence becomes an appealingly noir backdrop. "Kirkus Reviews" Liam Mulligan is an old-school investigative reporter for a dying newspaper in Providence, Rhode Island. He knows every street and alley, every priest and prostitute, every cop and street thug. He knows the mobsters and politicians who are pretty much one and the same. Inspired by a true story, "Providence Rag" finds Mulligan, his pal Mason, and the newspaper they both work for at an ethical crossroads. The youngest serial killer in history butchered five of his neighbors before he was old enough to drive. When he was caught, Rhode Island s antiquated criminal statutes never intended for someone like him required that all juveniles, no matter their crimes, be released at the age of twenty-one. Nevertheless, this killer is still behind bars, serving time for crimes supposedly committed on the inside. That these charges were fabricated is an open secret; but nearly everyone, including Mulligan, is fine with it. If the monster ever gets out, Mulligan figures, more people will surely die. But Mason is not fine with it. If officials can get away with framing this killer, he declares, they could do it to anybody. As Mason sets out to prove the authorities are perverting the justice system, Mulligan searches frantically for some legal way to keep a monster behind bars. Their dueling investigations pit friend against friend in a high-stakes race against time and snare them in an ethical dilemma that has no right answer." Review Citations: Booklist 02/15/2014 pg. 33 (EAN 9781466841420, Other) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 01/06/2014 (EAN 9780765374295, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 02/15/2014 pg. 33 (EAN 9780765374295, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2014 (EAN 9780765374295, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  DeSilva, Bruce Bruce DeSilva's crime fiction has won the Edgar and Macavity Awards; has been listed as a finalist for the Shamus, Anthony, and Barry Awards; and has been published in ten foreign languages. His short stories have appeared in Akashic Press's award-winning noir anthologies. He has reviewed books for "The New York Times Sunday Book Review" and" Publishers Weekly", and his reviews for The Associated Press have appeared in hundreds of other publications. Previously, he was a journalist for forty years, most recently as writing coach world-wide for The Associated Press, editing stories that won nearly every major journalism prize including the Pulitzer. He has worked as a consultant for fifty newspapers, taught at the University of Michigan and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and lectured at Harvard University's Nieman Foundation. He and his wife, the poet Patricia Smith, live in New Jersey with two enormous dogs named Brady and Rondo. He is the author of "Rogue Island, Cliff Walk "and "Providence Rag."Contributor Bio:  Woodman, Jeff JEFF WOODMAN originated the title role in Tennessee Williams' "The Notebook of Trigorin" and won the san Francisco Critics' circle Award for his performance in "an Ideal Husband" In addition to numerous Off-Broadway credits, his TV appearances include "Law & Order, Sex and the City", and "Cosby". His more than 200 audiobook narrations has earned him numerous awards, including a "People" magazine "Annual Top Five" citation and a spot in "AudioFile" magazine's "Top Fifty Voices of the Century."