World Gone by

"""Lehane, who has developed into a novelist of seemingly effortless power and command, is missing nothing in his delivery. Few writers can equal his ability to balance dark and light, casual and intense, here and then. More than a sequel, World Gone By seems lit by its predecessor and the events of the past as if through a prism--or maybe a black light. In the process, Joe Coughlin's story becomes more epic still."" -- Chicago Tribune ""Lehane writes convincingly, tensely, tersely, powerfully, about the fatal tensions of daily Mob life without romanticizing it, without judging it. He steers the plot and its characters toward inevitable consequences. Everyone here is bloodied--splattered with either their own or someone else's blood...This gangster novel is violent, graphic and guiltily compelling."" -- USA Today ""Lehane has Elmore Leonard's ear for dialogue and a masterly touch with description... World Gone By offers a frisson like you get from the best gangster sagas from The Godfather to The Sopranos -- entry into a world of complex characters who are operating within their highly risky world. And it serves a plot that drives relentlessly forward without ever feeling forced."" -- Miami Herald ""Lehane is shaping a tragedy in World Gone By, along classic lines set in a seamy underbelly. The novel's plot is as complex as its morality while both are fueled by searing betrayals."" -- New York Daily News ""Lehane's prose is muscular and lean, elegant and brutal, and his action scenes are cause to sit back and exhale when they're over...World Gone By is a poetic conclusion to an accomplished American crime story."" -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ""A textbook guide on how to end a series ."" -- Associated Press ""Lehane [is] a novelist of...effortless power."" -- Chicago Tribune ""Lehane's 12th novel is a classic gangster epic."" -- Tampa Bay Times"