Joe Coughlin Books in Order

Set in Boston and Tulsa at the end of World War I, this novel follows patrolman Danny Coughlin and Black laborer Luther Laurence through labor unrest, racism, and political crackdowns. Their lives intersect around the 1919 Boston police strike, where loyalty, survival, and justice collide.

Joe Coughlin, the rebellious son of a respected Boston police captain, turns from petty theft to Prohibition-era bootlegging. Prison, gang alliances, and a posting to rum-soaked Tampa transform him into a powerful crime boss, even as love and conscience threaten to undo his hard-won empire.

Ten years after building a bootlegging empire, Joe Coughlin now serves as trusted consigliere to a Tampa crime family and devoted father to his young son. Warned that someone close has ordered his murder, he has two weeks to untangle shifting loyalties before the past collects its debt.