A new novel by Dennis Lehane is always reason to rejoice, especially after a six-year absence, and the latest work from Don Winslow and Brendan Slocumb is as welcome as the cherry blossoms in Central Park and the indictment of Donald Trump. All three books are historical, ranging from the 1920s to the 90s, and vibrate with all the excitement and danger of the American cities that define them.
Winslow continues his saga of an Irish-American crime family in City of Dreams, the sequel to last year’s City on Fire, which chronicled the bloody dissolution of the once cordial relationship between the two major crime families of Providence, Rhode Island. In Winslow’s inspired reworking of the Iliad, a gang war tore the Moretti and Murphy families apart, but the Italians prevailed.
