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Sto caricando le informazioni... Deadly Lullaby: A Thrillerdi Robert McClure
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Perhaps it is indicative of my own sickness, that stories about the “made men” of the mob and their idiocy I find amusing and fascinating much in the same way as watching train wrecks, or thinking, “there but for the grace of God, go I,” when confronted with some poor, unfortunate wretch. This story meets the criteria and while not set in my favorite state-to-hate (NJ) I suppose the personality type is typical regardless of the coast. The plot is predictable, after all the wise guys rarely try anything new or different, but moves along at a good pace. This one was somewhat more interesting because of the father vs. son approach to revealing the plot and much of the dialog, which I had not encountered before. In any case, I found this a fun read, which I greatly enjoyed and will be on the look-out for other works by the author. If you have my same weakness, suggest you try it, otherwise fagedabutit. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Fiction.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS AWARD FINALIST ? For readers of Harlan Coben and Robert Crais, Robert McClure??s rollicking crime novel of family and felony takes readers on a relentless thrill ride through the L.A. underworld. Fresh off a nine-year stint in San Quentin, career hitman Babe Crucci plans to finally go straight and enjoy all life has to offer??after he pulls one or two more jobs to shore up his retirement fund. More than anything, Babe is dead set on making up for lost time with his estranged son, Leo, who just so happens to be a rising star in the LAPD. The road to reconciliation starts with tickets to a Dodgers game. But first, Leo needs a little help settling a beef over some gambling debts owed to a local mobster. This kind of thing is child??s play for Babe??until a sudden twist in the negotiations leads to a string of corpses and a titanic power shift in gangland politics. With the sins of his father piling up and dragging him down, Leo throws himself into the investigation of a young prostitute??s murder, a case that makes him some unlikely friends??and some brutally unpredictable enemies. Caught up in a clash of crime lords, weaving past thugs with flamethrowers who expend lives like pocket change, Babe and Leo have one last chance to face the ghosts of their past??if they want to live long enough to see their future. Praise for Deadly Lullaby ??Robert McClure is the real deal, an author who produces pulp fiction the way Chandler and Hammett did??with depth and heart.???Otto Penzler, editor, The Best American Mystery Stories ??Too compelling to put down.???Roger Hobbs, bestselling author of Ghostman ??Deadly Lullaby is, at heart, a father-son story, but one in which the father is a ruthless gangster and the son a cynical cop. I loved both of these flawed characters. Robert McClure has written a rousing debut, elevated by pitch-perfect dialogue and a whiplash pace.???Peter Swanson, author of The Kind Worth Killing ??The writing is excellent, and the family relationship Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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