'20s San Francisco had Hammett, '40s LA had Chandler, and for a completely authentic depiction of the criminal element and the way shifty stuff worked in the 60s, Boston has Higgins.  He nails the Hub so accurately your mind's ear will hear the local accents.  Simply a masterpiece of its kind and commonly considered THE Boston crime novel.

Gary

Hamilton uses Suetonius’s The Twelve Caesars as a conceit to organize compact portraits of American presidential administrations from FDR through George W. Bush. Because Hamilton is unafraid, like his model, to make subjective judgments regarding the personal and professional lives of these leaders of what he calls the “American Empire”, his book, while detailed, makes compelling reading.

Dale

In utero, a mysterious voice tells Junior Thibodeau exactly when the world is going to end. It’s a tightrope of a plot that Currie navigates brilliantly, producing a sophisticated exploration of a society grappling with its impending destruction alongside a powerful and compelling family saga. Touching on class struggles, drugs, cancer, baseball, and terrorism, and concluding with a touching triumph for Junior, this is an excellent novel that earns its exclamation point.

Josh

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of the bestselling The Shadow of the Wind, once again proves he is a master storyteller with The Angel’s Game, a beautifully written Gothic tale filled with dark shadows and lingering secrets. Set in Barcelona, the book tells the story of David Martín, a writer who is offered an all too fabulous book deal by a mysterious stranger.  As he sets out to work, David realizes the past dictates his own future and there are ominous strings attached to his alleged good fortune.