Synopsis/blurb......
When two young girls disappear with a trunk-load of pot, unaware that their payload has been packed with an extra five kilos of cocaine, a lovable loser persuades a sociopathic killer to pursue them across Northern California in a violent, twisted goose-chase that ends in a horrific place none of them could have foreseen.
Short and not so sweet, particularly for the combatants of this Tom Pitts' novella.
Friendship, missing drugs and severe consequences if they aren't recovered, so a wacky road trip, involving kidnap, opportunity, poor choices, college kids out of their depth, confrontation, a meet the family re-union which ends badly and more mayhem..... interrogation, a drunken mother, a dysfunctional family, a body in the trunk, some flirting and a blood thirsty raiding party.
Enjoyable with an outcome I didn't anticipate especially with all that had come before. A couple of hours solid entertainment. Great fun and another example of why I love Tom Pitts' work.4 from 5
Tom Pitts has been enjoyed a couple of times before....... 101 (2018) and American Static (2017)
Knuckleball and Hustle still need to be read.
Read - September, 2019
Published - 2012
Page count - 114
Source - owned copy
Format - Kindle
Hmm...Interesting premise and setting, Col. It sounds a bit more bloodthirsty than I usually get with my reading, but I do like a good 'road' story. Glad you enjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteMaybe more my cup of tea than yours, Margot.
DeleteI do love that cover, and the length is good. The sociopathic killer is a bit daunting. But you liked his other books too. I give it a Maybe.
ReplyDeleteIt's a quick read, Tracy. I do enjoy this author. Maybe you could try something by him.
DeleteAnd it's short! I should definitely give this a try.
ReplyDeleteI meant to pass on to you the lament for the dearth of short books recently published on the EQMM blog, in case you haven't seen it: https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/33885092/posts/2223
It won't take you long.
DeleteThanks, I hadn't seen it. Off to have a look.
Sounds like a good read – and I am ready for some shorter fiction. But first I have Pitts’ book, 101, to read.
ReplyDeleteI like spicing up my reading with some shorter blasts. I'll be keen to see what you think of 101.
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