Cogan's trade a novel

ISBN: 9780307947239 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0307947238 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource remote 1 online resource.
Edition: 1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed.
Publisher: New York : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2011.

Higgins, George V. 1939-1999 (Author).

Summary: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the New England mob. When a high-stakes card game is heisted by unknown hoodlums, Cogan is called in to 'handle' the problem. Moving expertly and ruthlessly among a variety of criminal hacks, hangers-on, and bigger-time crooks--a classic cast of misfits animated by Higgins's hilarious, cracklingly authentic dialogue--Cogan gets to the root of the problem and, with five consecutive shots from a Smith & Wesson thirty-eight Police Special, restores order to his corner of the Boston underworld.