City in Ruins

A Novel (The Danny Ryan Trilogy, Book 3)

By: Don Winslow

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos

Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

“The Godfather for our generation.” — Adrian McKinty

“City in Ruins is Don Winslow showing the rest of us how it’s done. Winslow has saved the best for last.” — James Patterson

From New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow comes City in Ruins – his epic, genre-defining crime masterpiece . . . and the final novel of Winslow’s extraordinary career.

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love.

Danny Ryan is rich.

Beyond his wildest dreams rich.

The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman – a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally, Danny has it all: a beautiful house, a child he adores, a woman he might even fall in love with.

Life is good.

But then Danny reaches too far.

When he tries to buy an old hotel on a prime piece of real estate with plans to build his dream resort, he triggers a war against Las Vegas power brokers, a powerful FBI agent bent on revenge and a rival casino owner with dark connections of his own.

Danny thought he had buried his past, but now it reaches up to him from the grave to pull him down. Old enemies surface, and when they come for Danny they vow to take everything – not only his empire, not just his life, but all that he holds dear, including his son.

To save his life and everything he loves, Danny must become the ruthless fighter he once was – and never wanted to be again.

Ranging from the gritty back rooms of Providence, RI to the power corridors of Washington, DC and Wall Street to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, City in Ruins is an epic crime novel of love and hate, ambition and desperation, vengeance and compassion.

©2024 Don Winslow (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

So moving!

Loved, loved, loved this book. A beautifully detailed finale to the trilogy. Loved this book!

Outstanding

I hate when everyone of his books ends, but this one was the hardest. Say it ain’t so.

Action packed!

This was an amazing book! The series is so great! I listened to the audiobook and was entertained and loved it! Kept me guessing about what was going to happen next. Amazing ⭐️

Very consistant story. Good ending

Great work like the rest of Don’s work he must be connected his stories sound very real😃👍

Another winner

Although this book apparently marks the end of the Danny saga, I still absolutely loved it. Danny is one of my favorite characters and I will miss him, but I'm hopeful that the story will continue with his son. While Danny surely never got the love he deserved, maybe his son will. Excellent narration by Ari Fliakos.

Great American Novel

Great characters with lots of rounding. A plot paced like an avalanche.

Read this at once.

Powerful, moving, beautiful

Just finished listening about 30 seconds ago. Truly moved.

Don, I know you’ve said this is it, but please un-retire sometime. You’re the best.

It's the Characters!

I love this book, the whole trilogy. It's the character development that makes Don Winslow's books special.
They pop into my mind months after I've finished the book. Read this trilogy.

Epic ending to an epic tale

Don Winslow is one of the all-time greats of popular fiction. This trilogy is a perfectly ambitious conclusion to a remarkable career. To prepare for vol 3 I went back to the first two books and I’m glad I did. The story is so full of great characters, intricate plotting, laughter and sorrow that one benefits from repeated listens.
Also, the narration is maybe the consistently best I’ve heard, taking on dozens of characters and expressing each of their personalities and idiosyncrasies individually and consistently through the many years of the books.
Superb writing and performance make this the finale to the best trilogy I can remember.

My best listen of the year and the best in the series by a mile

The Don has delivered once again. The plot, delivery, and execution of this book should be studied by all authors. Its a master piece and one that captured me from start to finish.

The narration was spot on and never for once did I feel like the narrator dampened the quality of the book.
I am not an emotional person but after listening, I needed a full night to gather myself. Without giving anything away, I recommend this book to everyone.

My only complaint was that it was too short.