Henry "Hank" Thompson's got a good thing going-a hut on a quiet Mexican beach, morning swims, a nice breakfast place a few miles down shoreàuntil a backpacker with a Russian accent shows up and starts asking questions about his past. Questions Hank doesn't want to deal with. And then the backpacker mentions the moneyàand Hank's parents. So Hank makes a fateful moveàbecause no one threatens Hank's family. Now Thompson is on the run-dodging federales and Russian mobsters, sneaking past the U.S. Border Patrol, negotiating with nefarious businessmen, and trying desperately to avoid dying at the hands of two hell-bent surfer bums who fancy themselves his allies. The result is a full-throttle thriller, a cinematic adventure full of booze, bullets, loyalty, and love.
There are several good things about this latest Hank Thompson adventure. First, it's the second in a trilogy, with more to come. Second, it showcases Christian Conn's tongue-in-cheek narration. Third, there's the story itself. Having escaped from California and a bloody war between bad cops and the Russian mafia--all because he agreed to babysit a cat--Hank and the cat head to Mexico with $4.5 million in cash. This is just the beginning of his problems. Conn first characterizes Hank as a relatively simple soul, but as the action unfolds, you realize there is much more to him. A minor criticism, Conn pauses too long between scenes. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Charlie Huston is a novelist. His last novel, Caught Stealing, was the first in a trilogy about Hank Thompson, and is also available as a Sound Library® audiobook. He currently lives in Manhattan with his wife, the actress Virginia Louise Smith.
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