Books written by George V. Higgins

  • The Easiest Thing in the World
    The Easiest Thing in the World

    A collection of uncollected work by the master of crime fiction showcases Higgins's famous dialogue while also presenting his trademark humor and stories of revenge and corruption. Reprint.

  • The Judgment of Deke Hunter: A Novel
    The Judgment of Deke Hunter: A Novel

    Deke Hunter, a Massachusetts state trooper, is determined to bring to justice Teddy Donnelly, the only one of the four criminals who robbed the Danvers National Bank not yet behind bars Inattention-and a sexy court stenographer named ...

  • At End of Day
    At End of Day

    “So this sounds good tome and thatis what I do, get a couple guys McKeach knows helpme muscle theunits around and I borrow Hugo'scar. This big green Olds Vista Cruiser, hadthis littlewindshield inna rooflike therailroad cars with two ...

  • The Judgment of Deke Hunter

    The Judgment of Deke Hunter

  • The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel
    The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel

    Fiction The Digger's Game Cogan's Trade A City on a Hill The Judgment of Deke Hunter Dreamland A Year or So with Edgar Kennedy for the Defense (Jerry Kennedy series) The Rat on Fire The Patriot Game A Choice of Enemies Old Earl Died ...

  • The Digger's Game: A Novel
    The Digger's Game: A Novel

    ALSO BY GEORGE V. HIGGINS The Friends of Eddie Coyle Cogan's Trade A City on a Hill The Friends of Richard Nixon The Judgment of Deke Hunter Dreamland A Year or So with Edgar Kennedy for the Defense The Rat on Fire The Patriot Game A ...

  • Bomber's Law
    Bomber's Law

    ALSO BY GEORGE V. HIGGINS The Friends of Eddie Coyle Cogan's Trade A City on a Hill The Friends of Richard Nixon The Judgment of Deke Hunter Dreamland A Year or So with Edgar Kennedy for the Defense The Rat on Fire The Patriot Game A ...

  • Kennedy for the Defense
    Kennedy for the Defense

    ALSO BY GEORGE V. HIGGINS The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1972) The Diggers Game (1973) Cogan's Trade (1974) A City on a Hill (1975) The Friends of Richard Nixon (1975) The Judgment of Deke Hunter (1976) Dreamland (1977) A Year or So with ...

  • The Digger's Game
    The Digger's Game

    Jerry "Digger" Doherty is an ex-con and proprietor of a workingman's Boston bar, who supplements his income with the occasional "odd job," like stealing live checks and picking up hot goods.

  • Cogan's Trade
    Cogan's Trade

    A hard-hitting, tour de force tale of the mob and the man who makes sure their rules are the only rules, by the American master of crime George V. Higgins.

  • The Digger's Game

    A riveting George V. Higgins masterpiece about Jerry Doherty and his trip to Vegas that puts him eighteen grand in the hole.

  • The Digger's Game: A Novel

    The Digger's Game: A Novel

  • The Pariot GAme
    The Pariot GAme

    Teeming with unlikely characters and fiery dialogue that propel the plot to break-neck speed, The Patriot Game is nothing short of a George V. Higgins masterpiece.

  • The Rat on Fire
    The Rat on Fire

    Full of showboating politicians, hardnosed cops, and lawyers a little too familiar with both sides of the law, The Rat on Fire is another Higgins masterpiece and an unflinching portrait of the Boston crime world.

  • Trust
    Trust

    A witty yet stinging tale of the dangers of putting money and self-interest above everything else, Trust is about a man with no scruples.

  • The Patriot Game
    The Patriot Game

    Read him and rejoice' Val McDermid 'This author has the talent to make every word count, ratcheting up the tension as the story unfolds. . . a novel rich in characterisation' DAILY MAIL Federal Agent Pete Riordan has two problems, and both ...

  • Outlaws
    Outlaws

    Gripping and entertaining, George V. Higgins delivers a compelling and uncomfortably realistic account of the way society and the law really function.

  • Defending Billy Ryan
    Defending Billy Ryan

    A thrilling account of the ins and outs of the Suffolk County Superior Court, this novel is vintage George V. Higgins. The third installment in the Jerry Kennedy series finds the Boston lawyer defending his toughest client yet, Billy Ryan.

  • Killing Them Softly: A Novel
    Killing Them Softly: A Novel

    Jackie Cogan, mob enforcer, is called in to handle the problem when a high-stakes card game is heisted by hoodlums.

  • The Patriot Game
    The Patriot Game

    Pete Riordan is assigned to find a mysterious IRA leader who has been trying to buy guns in the U.S., and one prime suspect is a man his brother got...