“City of Dreams,” by Don Winslow (William Morrow) “City of Dreams” by Don Winslow In his best-selling “City of Fire,” Don Winslow started a trilogy of two crime families in Providence, R.I. — one Irish, the other Italian — who turn on each other in a deadly fight to control crime in the city. In “City of Dreams,” the second of the three books, Danny Ryan is on the run, heading for California with his son, his dying father and the remains of his Irish crew. He wants to go legit, but he’s all but broke. So when a federal agent approaches him with a scheme to rob a Mexican drug lord, promising him half of a $40 million haul, Danny agrees.