The Rat on Fire
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
A Rat's Tale
Great book! If you like Elmore Leonard, this will be your cup of tea, with a shot of Irish whiskey. Crooks cracking wise; a scheming slumlord attorney; clean and dirty cops. George Higgins deftly asks: which is worse: the two or four legged rat? By the end of the book you'll be thinking " we give rats a bad name."