King's Men, The

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Boston, December 1931. Loyalty has worth—most men don’t. Frank Wallace is dead, and the Gustin Gang is on the ropes. Irish crews are tearing each other apart to see who will take the top spot, and the Italians smell blood. Fifteen years at sea haven’t washed South Boston out of Patrick Flynn. When the former Navy Chief comes home on the bitter end of a losing streak, the only open door belongs to Donal Murphy—the childhood mentor who once helped him skip town ahead of a robbery charge, and now runs with Kieran Maguire, a small-time mobster with ambitions. Before long, Flynn is back in the rackets, knee-deep in blood, whiskey, and betrayal. Every handshake hides a blade, and every favor has a cost. As Kieran tightens his grip on Southie, Flynn must choose between being able to look in the mirror and a loyalty that might get him killed. When the streets burn and the kings of Southie make their final play, Flynn learns there are no good men left—only the ones who must live with what they’ve done. A hard-boiled crime novel steeped in loyalty, betrayal, and Boston’s dark alleys — in the tradition of Chandler, Ellroy, and Lehane — The King’s Menis the first book in a gritty new trilogy about love, honor, and survival in Prohibition era Boston.