Synopsis
Set in Canterbury, Massachusetts, Ambrose Merrion and Dan Hilliard are both long-serving members of the FBI as well as life-long friends. Through his sharp, well-observed dialogue, Higgins details how they met, their subsequent lives and careers and the problem now facing them: a Grand Jury is going to indict Dan for fraud and wants Ambrose to dish the dirt on his buddy. Dan, the brighter of the two, is more sucessful and stands accused of getting Merrion a position he didn't deserve. He doesn't understand who has accused him, or why, but forms a list of suspects in which his ex-wife is a strong contender.
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Review
A brilliant novel...Higgins has produced a moving elegy for the endangered species about whom he has written so well for 30 years. A courtroom sequel would be much appreciated (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
Higgins is my favourite. No, he doesn't learn from me, I learn from him (Elmore Leonard)
Highly recommended for connoisseurs of the genre (THE TIMES)
Book Description
* In the style of DEFENDING BILLY RYAN, this is another of Higgins' successful dialogue novels, where his characters create themselves, and their sleazy settings, in their own way.
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