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Killing them softly : a novel
Title:
Killing them softly : a novel
Author:
Higgins, George V., 1939-1999
ISBN:
9780307950796
Uniform Title:
Cogan's trade
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard/Vintage Books, 2011
Physical Description:
216 p. ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published as Cogan's trade
Abstract:
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.
Subject:
Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
Suspense fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Mystery fiction
Summary:
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.