A scourge of vipers
By: Bruce De Silva
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: A Liam Mulligan novel -- bk. 4; Thorndike Press large print crime scene; Thorndike Press large print crime scene
Publisher: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Waterville, ME
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9781410480446
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Large type books; Journalists; Fiction
Description: 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.