vkemp's review
4.0
Mulligan is the only real reporter left at The Providence Dispatch, formerly one of the best small-city papers in the country. Now, corporate hacks run the newsroom and Mulligan can feel his life's work slipping away. Hiss friend, the governor of Rhode island, launches an initiative to get sports gambling legalized and the the PACs and all the major sports leagues start pouring money into the state to disrupt the plan. Several murders later, Mulligan has been arrested a few times and rescued friends from the evil-doers. A typical Mulligan week. Looking forward to his next adventures.
catmum's review
5.0
Even though I usually don't like "amateur" detectives, I have enjoyed all the entries in this series, and this one is the best. The good governor of Rhode Island, Attila the Nun, wants to legalize sports betting to cure the state budget woes, and to have the State itself takes the bets. Professional sports and the mob are against it. Atlantic City wants a cut. And everyone else is looking to have the venture privatized. Pretty soon lots of PAC money is flying on both sides and then the body count rises.
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