Inför fjärde och sista delen av Herbert Tingstens memoarer behövde jag en ”avslappare”.  För att komma upp i 100 kr, och därmed slippa avgift för porto när jag beställde från Adlibris rekvirerade jag ” Den bästa gangsterromanen sedan Gudfadern” enligt Stephen King.

”Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—delivers a psychologically, morally complex novel of blood, crime, passion, and vengeance, set in Cuba and Ybor City, Florida, during World War II, in which Joe Coughlin must confront the cost of his criminal past and present.”

Ten years have passed since Joe Coughlin’s enemies killed his wife and destroyed his empire, and much has changed. Prohibition is dead, the world is at war again, and Joe’s son, Tomás, is growing up. Now, the former crime kingpin works as a consigliore to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, his wife’s homeland.

A master who moves in and out of the black, white, and Cuban underworlds, Joe effortlessly mixes with Tampa’s social elite, U.S. Naval intelligence, the Lansky-Luciano mob, and the mob-financed government of Fulgencio Batista. He has everything—money, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity.

But success cannot protect him from the dark truth of his past—and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full.

Trots att boken är fylld med

blood, crime, passion, and vengeance,

OCH 

ondskan  på slutet får sitt straff

är den  inte bara spännande

UTAN OCKSÅ

psykologiskt intressant  – huvudpersonen Joe skulle mycket väl – med litet tur –

– kunnat få ett betydligt bättre öde!