Joe Coughlin is nineteen when he meets Emma Gould. A smalltimethief in 1920s Boston, he is told to cuff her while his accomplices raid thecasino she works for. But Joe falls in love with Emma - and his life changes forever.

That meeting is the beginning of Joe's journey to becoming one ofthe nation's most feared and respected gangsters. It is a journey beset byviolence, double-crossing, drama and pain. And it is a journey into the soul ofprohibition-era America...

A powerful, deeply moving novel, Live ByNight is a tour-de-force by Dennis Lehane, writer on The Wire andauthor of modern classics such as Shutter Island, Gone, Baby, Gone andThe Given Day.