Danny Ryan is heading to Hollywood to disrupt a film being made about his involvement in the East Coast crime war. On set, Danny finds himself in a replica of his neighbourhood, and meets Diane Carson, the actress playing his late wife. Drawn to her, Danny tries to help her cover up a crime in her past, but as he goes to war against new enemies, their two worlds pull them in different directions.
"It's a crime classic. Winslow's best book, by far. You won't put it down." - Stephen King
"Don Winslow is one of three living crime writers that I am hopelessly addicted to. City Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic. Danny Ryan is a good guy, a bad guy, a wonderfully complicated, unforgettable human. City of Dreams is part of a trilogy but you can start anywhere. So go ahead, start." - James Patterson
"Masterfully executed with class." - Washington Post
"The second volume in Winslow's Danny Ryan trilogy delivers on all the promise of its predecessor. . . the Danny Ryan saga draws great power from its consummate portrait of a man whose unshakable humanity imperils him just as it offers the possibility of salvation." - Booklist (starred review)
"With the Danny Ryan trilogy, Winslow seems destined to claim a place beside Mario Puzo's The Godfather on the Mount Rushmore of American crime fiction." - Associated Press
"[City of Dreams] maintains the fierce trajectory of its predecessor, City on Fire. . . . As before with the prodigiously gifted Winslow, we are presented with a cinematic vision in which the moral equivalence of criminal and police organizations is rigorously counterpointed." - Financial Times
"Get it at top speed! . . . . Irresistible, layered storytelling - and the manner in which Winslow subtly shifts the entire tone, rhythms and energy over two books, from East Coast to West Coast, is stunningly and unerringly well done." - The Day (CT)
"[City of Dreams] will make readers anxious for the final book of the trilogy." - Denver Post
"Don Winslow has such a way with words, which makes the chapters simply fly by. . . . He is one of the best in the business when it comes to crime fiction, and City of Dreams is no exception." - Bookreporter.com
"Reminiscent of The Godfather . . . . Winslow writes page-turners!" - Dayton Daily News
"Winslow has written an organized crime saga that sits somewhere between the intimate and the epic, between Mystic River and The Godfather, and stands with the best in its genre." - Sydney Morning Herald on City on Fire
"A masterwork of mob fiction. . . . City on Fire does for Rhode Island what David Chase's The Sopranos did for New Jersey. . . This novel, the first in a planned trilogy, could well end up in the American-mob canon along with the works of Puzo, Scorsese and Chase." - Washington Post on City on Fire
"Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating to read." - Stephen King on City on Fire
"America's greatest living crime writer." - Jon Land, Providence Journal
"Winslow is our Dickens of modern crime. I can't think of anyone better at what he does." - Linwood Barclay, New York Times bestselling author, on City on FIre
"The crime fiction canon has no shortage of memorable mob sagas by such masters as Puzo, Ellroy, and Lehane. City on Fire, with its large cast of memorable characters and low-key allusions to classical literature, maintains Mr. Winslow's well-earned place in these ranks." - Wall Street Journal on City on Fire
"This completely immersive opening act signals a trilogy in the offing that will possess all the power of Winslow's celebrated Cartel novels." - Booklist (starred review) on City on Fire
"You don't read City on Fire so much as you let it take you for a ride." - USA Today on City on Fire
"Don Winslow is one of three living crime writers that I am hopelessly addicted to. City Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic. Danny Ryan is a good guy, a bad guy, a wonderfully complicated, unforgettable human. City of Dreams is part of a trilogy but you can start anywhere. So go ahead, start." - James Patterson
"Masterfully executed with class." - Washington Post
"The second volume in Winslow's Danny Ryan trilogy delivers on all the promise of its predecessor. . . the Danny Ryan saga draws great power from its consummate portrait of a man whose unshakable humanity imperils him just as it offers the possibility of salvation." - Booklist (starred review)
"With the Danny Ryan trilogy, Winslow seems destined to claim a place beside Mario Puzo's The Godfather on the Mount Rushmore of American crime fiction." - Associated Press
"[City of Dreams] maintains the fierce trajectory of its predecessor, City on Fire. . . . As before with the prodigiously gifted Winslow, we are presented with a cinematic vision in which the moral equivalence of criminal and police organizations is rigorously counterpointed." - Financial Times
"Get it at top speed! . . . . Irresistible, layered storytelling - and the manner in which Winslow subtly shifts the entire tone, rhythms and energy over two books, from East Coast to West Coast, is stunningly and unerringly well done." - The Day (CT)
"[City of Dreams] will make readers anxious for the final book of the trilogy." - Denver Post
"Don Winslow has such a way with words, which makes the chapters simply fly by. . . . He is one of the best in the business when it comes to crime fiction, and City of Dreams is no exception." - Bookreporter.com
"Reminiscent of The Godfather . . . . Winslow writes page-turners!" - Dayton Daily News
"Winslow has written an organized crime saga that sits somewhere between the intimate and the epic, between Mystic River and The Godfather, and stands with the best in its genre." - Sydney Morning Herald on City on Fire
"A masterwork of mob fiction. . . . City on Fire does for Rhode Island what David Chase's The Sopranos did for New Jersey. . . This novel, the first in a planned trilogy, could well end up in the American-mob canon along with the works of Puzo, Scorsese and Chase." - Washington Post on City on Fire
"Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating to read." - Stephen King on City on Fire
"America's greatest living crime writer." - Jon Land, Providence Journal
"Winslow is our Dickens of modern crime. I can't think of anyone better at what he does." - Linwood Barclay, New York Times bestselling author, on City on FIre
"The crime fiction canon has no shortage of memorable mob sagas by such masters as Puzo, Ellroy, and Lehane. City on Fire, with its large cast of memorable characters and low-key allusions to classical literature, maintains Mr. Winslow's well-earned place in these ranks." - Wall Street Journal on City on Fire
"This completely immersive opening act signals a trilogy in the offing that will possess all the power of Winslow's celebrated Cartel novels." - Booklist (starred review) on City on Fire
"You don't read City on Fire so much as you let it take you for a ride." - USA Today on City on Fire
A Waterstones Best Books of 2023: Crime and Thriller
There are moments that hit the heights of Winslow's brilliant and brutal Cartel trilogy.' The Sun
Already described as 'The Godfather for our generation', this is storytelling at its inspiring, epic best, and it feels like a movie in the making.' Daily Mail
'Maintains the fierce trajectory of its predecessor... With this new sequence, Winslow's epic The Power of the Dog is acquiring an equally accomplished successor.' Financial Times
'it's still the action scenes that stand out, and one of them, a showdown in the desert, is as powerful as anything in Winslow's majestic Cartel trilogy' Sunday Times
'City of Dreams picks up exactly where City on Fire left off, and the result is even sharper, funnier, and more brilliant than its predecessor ... but Winslow makes this Aeneid-inspired tale soar-sometimes from epic to venal, or from poignantto comical-and it makes the wait for the third book unbearable.' Amazon Best Books of April 2023
'CITY OF DREAMS is a crime classic. Winslow's best book, by far. You won't put it down' Stephen King
'Winslow should not be allowed to write so brilliantly. It's unfair on all other authors!' Peter James
"Don Winslow is one of three living crime writers that I am hopelessly addicted to. City Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic. Danny Ryan is a good guy, a bad guy, a wonderfully complicated, unforgettable human. City of Dreams is part of a trilogy but you can start anywhere. So go ahead, start." James Patterson
There are moments that hit the heights of Winslow's brilliant and brutal Cartel trilogy.' The Sun
Already described as 'The Godfather for our generation', this is storytelling at its inspiring, epic best, and it feels like a movie in the making.' Daily Mail
'Maintains the fierce trajectory of its predecessor... With this new sequence, Winslow's epic The Power of the Dog is acquiring an equally accomplished successor.' Financial Times
'it's still the action scenes that stand out, and one of them, a showdown in the desert, is as powerful as anything in Winslow's majestic Cartel trilogy' Sunday Times
'City of Dreams picks up exactly where City on Fire left off, and the result is even sharper, funnier, and more brilliant than its predecessor ... but Winslow makes this Aeneid-inspired tale soar-sometimes from epic to venal, or from poignantto comical-and it makes the wait for the third book unbearable.' Amazon Best Books of April 2023
'CITY OF DREAMS is a crime classic. Winslow's best book, by far. You won't put it down' Stephen King
'Winslow should not be allowed to write so brilliantly. It's unfair on all other authors!' Peter James
"Don Winslow is one of three living crime writers that I am hopelessly addicted to. City Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic. Danny Ryan is a good guy, a bad guy, a wonderfully complicated, unforgettable human. City of Dreams is part of a trilogy but you can start anywhere. So go ahead, start." James Patterson