A scourge of vipers / Bruce DeSilva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeSilva, Bruce, author.

Series:

DeSilva, Bruce. Mulligan novel

A Mulligan novel

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reporters and reporting--Rhode Island--Fiction.

Reporters and reporting.

Gambling--Rhode Island--Fiction.

Gambling.

Detective and mystery stories.

Rhode Island.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

315 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Forge, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2015.

Summary:

To solve Rhode Island's budget crisis, the state's colorful governor, Attila the Nun, wants to legalize sports gambling; but her plan has unexpected consequences. Organized crime, professional sports leagues, and others who have a lot to lose--or gain--if gambling is made legal flood the state with money to buy the votes of state legislators. Liam Mulligan, investigative reporter for The Providence Dispatch, wants to investigate, but his bottom-feeding corporate bosses at the dying newspaper have no interest in serious reporting. So Mulligan goes rogue, digging into the story on his own time. When a powerful state legislator turns up dead, an out-of-state bag man gets shot, and his cash-stuffed briefcase goes missing, Mulligan finds himself the target of shadowy forces who seek to derail his investigation by destroying his career, his reputation, and perhaps even his life.

ISBN:

9780765374318

0765374315

OCLC:

879582595