George V. Higgins

George V. Higgins was an American author, attorney and journalist who is regarded as one of the great stylists of American crime fiction. Born in 1939, he worked as a prosecutor and defence attorney in Boston, an experience that gave his fiction an authenticity and insider knowledge that few crime writers could match. Bomber's Law is a crime novel that showcases Higgins's trademark gift for dialogue, his deep understanding of the criminal justice system and his ability to create vivid, morally complex characters who inhabit a world of shady deals, legal manoeuvring and street-level survival. Higgins is best known for The Friends of Eddie Coyle, which Elmore Leonard called the best crime novel ever written. His novels are distinguished by their extraordinary dialogue, which carries the narrative with minimal authorial intervention. His audiobooks and books remain essential reading for fans of literary crime fiction. He died in 1999.