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Following City on Fire and City of Dreams, City in Ruins is the explosive, impossible to put down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow's epic, genre-defining crime trilogy and the final book of Winslow's extraordinary career.

'A gangland trilogy to equal THE GODFATHER. If you like SCARFACE…

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1 author picked City in Ruins as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I am a HUGE Don Winslow fan and have devoured every book, novella, and short story that I can get my hands on. He is, perhaps, the greatest writer of the past 20 years and this finale of a trilogy was perfection.

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