DeSilvas portrait of the city is at once jaundiced and adoring, and in his hands Providence becomes an appealingly noir backdrop. Kirkus ReviewsLiam Mulligan is an old-school investigative reporter for a dying newspaper in Providence, Rhode Island. He knows every street and alley, every priest and prostitute, every cop and street thug. He knows the mobsters and politicianswho are pretty much one and the same.Inspired by a true story, Providence Rag finds Mulligan, his pal Mason, and the newspaper they both work for at an ethical crossroads. The youngest serial killer in history butchered five of his neighbors before he was old enough to drive. When he was caught, Rhode Islands antiquated criminal statutesnever intended for someone like himrequired that all juveniles, no matter their crimes, be released at the age of twenty-one.
