World Gone By

Book #50 Read in 2015
World Gone By by Dennis Lehane

This is the third book in the Joe Coughlin series; however, it is my first book by this author and I had no problem reading this book as a stand alone.  This is a gritty read, showing the world of gangsters in the 1940s.  These men live, and die, by different rules.  Joe Coughlin is an advisor to a head gangster and while certainly not a good guy by any means, to call Joe a bad guy is to sell him short.  Joe loves his son and is loyal to his friends, even if that puts himself in harm's way.  This was a great read and it flew by.  I borrowed this book from a friend.