Един роман, чието действие държи читателя под напрежение до самия край и излиза от представите за добро и зло. Проследете преживяванията на Сал Купъртин, наемен убиец, който прави една непоправима грешка - прострелва агент на ФБР.  Сал Купъртин изпълнява мокри поръчки за чикагския подземен свят, без да задава въпроси, за което получава добро заплащане. Грижи се за жена си и детето си и гледа да си върши съвестно работата. Един ден обаче се случва непоправимото — прострелва няколко агенти на ФБР, и по петите му като хрътка се впуска агент Джеф Хопър. Сблъсъкът между двамата отива отвъд черно-белите представи за добро и зло и държи читателя на нокти до самия финал. "Роман, който не...

Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley in California’s Noir Series arena.

"Sal Cupertine is back - and better than ever. I love this guy." - Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of Personal: A Jack Reacher Novel "Gangster Nation is a razor. It will slice you open and reveal your insides. And like the best of Tod Goldberg's work, it'll show you everything you are at your core." - Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author of The President's Shadow The sequel to the wickedly dark Hammett Prize-finalist Gangsterland, an unexpected, page-turning examination of the seedy foundations of American life It's been two years since the events of Gangsterland, when legendary Chicago hitman Sal Cupertine disappeared into the guise of Vegas Rabbi David...

Sal Cupertine is a legendary hit man for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Until now, that is. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botched job will be his death sentence to the Mafia. So he agrees to their radical idea to save his own skin. A few surgeries and some intensive training later, and Sal Cupertine is gone, disappeared into the identity of Rabbi David Cohen. Leading his growing congregation in Las Vegas, overseeing the population and the temple and the new cemetery, Rabbi Cohen feels his wicked past...

In this chilling portrait of America’s Sin City, lady luck is just as likely to dispense cold hard cash as a cold-hearted killing. Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand-new stories by: John O’Brien, David Corbett, Scott Phillips, Nora Pierce, Tod Goldberg, Bliss Esposito, Felicia Campbell, Jaq Greenspon, José Skinner, Pablo Medina, Christine McKellar, Lori Kozlowski, Vu Tran, Celeste Starr, Preston L. Allen, and Janet Berliner.