by Chuck Hogan
First published 2004
Doug MacRay runs bank robberies with surgical precision through the narrow streets of Charlestown. His tight crew has pulled off job after job without major complications until they take hostages during a botched heist. Claire Keesey becomes their captive for crucial minutes that change everything. FBI agent Adam Frawley closes in as Doug finds himself torn between the only life he has known and an unexpected connection with Claire. The investigation tightens around Charlestown's insular community where loyalty runs deeper than blood. Doug must choose between his crew and a chance at something beyond the neighborhood that shaped him. Each decision pulls him further from the criminal world that raised him while the FBI builds their case. The final confrontation will test every relationship Doug values.
Genres: fiction, drama, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Charlestown
384 pages · Hardcover · New York: Scribner, 2004.