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The Rat on Fire

By George V. Higgins

By George V. Higgins

By George V. Higgins

By George V. Higgins

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Category: Crime Fiction

Category: Crime Fiction

Paperback $16.00

Mar 06, 2012 | ISBN 9780307947246

Ebook $9.99

Mar 06, 2012 | ISBN 9780307947253

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    About The Rat on Fire

    A riveting, blistering hot novel about the shady side of the law and the business side of the Boston underworld by the one and only George V. Higgins.
     
    Jerry Fein is a small-time lawyer, occasional booking agent, and full-time slumlord. But he’s nobody’s fool. So when the tenants of his dilapidated buildings refuse to pay rent because of rats, Jerry knows just the man to help him—Leo Proctor, a professional arsonist, who can make a fire marshal look the other way for a little cash. But the heat is on over at the police station as well, and a couple of cops are suddenly feeling pressure from their superiors to produce, and something has got to give.
     
    Full of hardnosed cops and lawyers a little too familiar with both sides of the law, The Rat on Fire is another Higgins masterpiece and an unflinching portrait of the Boston crime world.  

    About The Rat on Fire

    A riveting, blistering novel about the shady side of the law and the business side of the Boston underworld by the one and only George V. Higgins.
     
    Jerry Fein is a small-time lawyer, occasional booking agent, and full-time slumlord. But he’s nobody’s fool. So when the tenants of his dilapidated buildings refuse to pay rent because of rats, Jerry knows just the man to help him—Leo Proctor, a professional arsonist, who can make a fire marshal look the other way for a little cash. But the heat is on over at the police station as well, and a couple of cops are suddenly feeling pressure from their superiors to produce tangible results, and something has got to give.
     
    Full of showboating politicians, hardnosed cops, and lawyers a little too familiar with both sides of the law, The Rat on Fire is another Higgins masterpiece and an unflinching portrait of the Boston crime world.

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    Trust
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    Outlaws
    At End of Day
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    About George V. Higgins

    George V. Higgins was the author of more than 20 novels, including the bestsellers The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Cogan’s Trade, The Rat on Fire, and The Digger’s Game. He was a reporter for the Providence Journal and the Associated Press before obtaining a law degree from… More about George V. Higgins

    About George V. Higgins

    George V. Higgins was the author of more than 20 novels, including the bestsellers The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Cogan’s Trade, The Rat on Fire, and The Digger’s Game. He was a reporter for the Providence Journal and the Associated Press before obtaining a law degree from… More about George V. Higgins

    Product Details

    Category: Crime Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Mar 06, 2012 | 192 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307947246

    Category: Crime Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Mar 06, 2012 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780307947253

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    Praise

     
     “Mr. Higgins at his best.”—Atlantic Monthly 
     
      “If you are a Higgins fan, you should jump at this one.”—Houston Chronicle

    “Aspiring writers of any genre, not just legal suspense, would be wise to read lots of George Higgins.” –John Grisham
     
    “George V. Higgins was a brilliant writer.” –Robert P. Parker 
     
     “Higgins deserves to stand in the company of the likes of Chandler and Hammett as one of the true innovators in crime fiction.” —Scott Turow
     
    “Higgins can plot a whole book like one long chase scene. He can write dialogue so authentic it spits.” —Life
     
    “The Balzac of the Boston underworld. … Higgins is almost uniquely blessed with a gift for voices, each of them … as distinctive as a fingerprint.”—The New Yorker
     
    “One of the great crime writers of the twentieth century.” —Kansas City Star

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