a drink before the war

i just finished the book and it kind of suprised me. the whole book was packed with volence. too mush violence in fact. there was so much killing in the book i thought i was reading about a war not about a detective in boston. the ending kind of just ended. it didnt go out with a bang like i expected. it was a good contrast to the rest of the book because it was calm and peaceful, but i expected something different. all in all it was a pretty good book. i really liked it and im looking foward to reading more of his books in this series in the future