Reader Beware.!! This book is not for those with feint a weak stomach or heart. The jacket uses the words “hard edge.” That doesn’t begin to cover it. This is grizzly and the “good guys” don’t live happily ever after. It reminded me of the Mel Gibson movie, “Payback”, where Porter is a petty thief who comes back after a double-cross and blows away everyone up the chain in the local mob to get the money due him, enduring some grimacing torture along the way.
The story is fast-paced and held my interest, cover to cover in two days. There are no good guys: the female lead is an abused, runaway hooker; our protagonist is a petty, murdering thug. Everyone else up the line is even worse, but somehow, maybe it’s because there’s no one else to grab a hold of, the reader begins to root for these misfits. Crime doesn’t pay, even for this Bonny and Clyde pair of wannabe thieves. They only want $75,000 but they try and take it from a New Orleans mob boss.
This is a great, fast read, 250 pages – simple plot line, for someone who likes violent crime stories. There are no mysteries here, other than how it will turn out in the next scene. The Gulf coast scenery is well-painted, albeit at its dismal worst perspective. The characterizations are vividly done. The author does a good job with the minor bit players in this story, not just the protagonists.
I recommend it. It’s a new book, 2010 publication date, available at the Guerneville Regional Library.
The story is fast-paced and held my interest, cover to cover in two days. There are no good guys: the female lead is an abused, runaway hooker; our protagonist is a petty, murdering thug. Everyone else up the line is even worse, but somehow, maybe it’s because there’s no one else to grab a hold of, the reader begins to root for these misfits. Crime doesn’t pay, even for this Bonny and Clyde pair of wannabe thieves. They only want $75,000 but they try and take it from a New Orleans mob boss.
This is a great, fast read, 250 pages – simple plot line, for someone who likes violent crime stories. There are no mysteries here, other than how it will turn out in the next scene. The Gulf coast scenery is well-painted, albeit at its dismal worst perspective. The characterizations are vividly done. The author does a good job with the minor bit players in this story, not just the protagonists.
I recommend it. It’s a new book, 2010 publication date, available at the Guerneville Regional Library.
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