This was a lightning fast read. Story of a man who tried to get out of the criminal underworld only to be brought back in for seeking the revenge on people who destroyed his family.

Fast paced novel that for me has all of the ingredients that make Stark's Parker novels great - professional thieves and robbers living in their own shadowy parallel underworld. By the way, mentioning Parker, our protagonist's grandfather could as well be Parker. Merciless, always business oriented, hard-core criminal with no regrets, no second thoughts on his actions and ready to put down anyone on his path, be it his blood or not.

Great novel, full of action and introspection of a man that is for all means and purposes chained for life to the criminal underworld. In that way you could look at this as a tragic story of sorts.

To say anything more would be to ruin the story. If you like Parker, Matt Helm or Quarry you will definitely like this one.

Highly recommended to all fans of hard-boiled noir crime stories. ( )

16 year old Chase is an accomplished mechanic and getaway driver. The leader of his crew is his grandfather, Jonah. After watching Jonah shoot another crew member, Chase worries that he many be next and heads south with his talents. His life changes when while waiting for his new crew pulling a job, a local female cop intercedes and Chase shoots his own guys in the leg to help her. Chase marries Lila, after an epic showdown with her sheriff, father. They move back to Long Island, and something terrible happens, causing Chase to ask for Jonah's help. Taut and well done. ( )

Before this book Piccirilli was still on my "heard a lot of good but not sure I'll follow him quite yet" list. Now though, he's on my must follow list of authors. This story is intense, hard hitting and not something to be missed.

Orphaned at a young age, Chase is raised by his grandfather Jonah to be a getaway driver and live a life of crime. Chase has no problem with this until one day when Jonah kills someone in their crew. Chase then goes solo and lives his own life until one day when he needs his grandfather's abilities.

The story involves the search for how a person fits into life, love, revenge, facing the past and then to make it fun, cops and robbers. The book is next to impossible to put down; you just want to keep reading and reading. All the characters are engaging and very easy to picture. And while the plot is a bit predictable, all of the elements that are built around it are not. Trust me and pick this book up and read it. You won't be sorry. ( )

A mediocre story of love and revenge. Interesting dynamics between the protagonist and his grandfather kept me engaged. ( )

Noir thriller about young getaway driver Chase and the world that he can never quite escape. It's a solid read, certainly workmanlike in its presentation, but for me, it came right after reading James Sallis' Drive, which is, in some ways, the same story; and Sallis' book is much better. Still, Piccirilli entertains, falling somewhere between James Crumley and Sallis, which is certainly a reasonable place to land. ( )