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*Waterstones Best Book of 2023: Crime and Thriller*

‘This is storytelling at its inspiring, epic best, and it feels like a movie in the making.’ Daily Mail

‘As powerful as anything in Winslow’s majestic Cartel trilogy’ Sunday Times

‘Even sharper, funnier, and more brilliant than its predecessor.’ Amazon Best Books of April 2023

‘CITY OF DREAMS is a crime classic. Winslow’s best book, by far. You won’t put it down’ Stephen King

‘Winslow should not be allowed to write so brilliantly. It’s unfair on all other authors!’ Peter James

“City Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic.” James Patterson

Hollywood.

The city where dreams are made.

On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now on the run. The Mafia, the cops, the FBI all want him dead or in prison. With his little boy, his elderly father and the tattered remnants of his loyal crew of soldiers, he makes the classic American migration to California to start a new life.

A quiet, peaceful existence.

But the Feds track him down and want Danny to do them a favor that could make him a fortune or kill him.

And when Hollywood starts shooting a film of his former life, Danny demands a piece of the action and begins to rebuild his criminal empire.

Then he falls in love.

With a beautiful movie star who has a dark past of her own.

As their worlds collide in an explosion that could destroy them both, Danny Ryan has to fight for his life in a city where dreams are born.

Or where they go to die.

From the shores of Rhode Island to the deserts of California where bodies disappear, from the power corridors of Washington where the real criminals operate to the fabled movie studios of Hollywood where the real money is made, City of Dreams is a sweeping saga of family, love, revenge, survival and the fierce reality behind the dream.

“No one fuses action with emotion like Winslow.” – The Times

The new thriller from the #1 international bestseller – the start of a brand new trilogy

‘Superb. This is storytelling with a keen edge.  City on Fire  is exhilarating to read.’  -  Stephen King

A Times Best Book for 2022

Two criminal empires together control all of New England.

Until a beautiful woman comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire.

Danny Ryan yearns for a more “legit” life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like family and the family he has sworn to protect, he becomes a leader, a ruthless strategist, and a master of a treacherous game in which the winners live and the losers die.

From the gritty streets of Providence to the glittering screens of Hollywood to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, two rival crime families ignite a war that will leave only one standing. The winner will forge a dynasty.

Exploring classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, honour, and corruption on  both  sides of the law,  City on Fire  is a contemporary Iliad from Don Winslow, “one of America’s greatest storytellers” (Stephen King).