Member Reviews

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  • Rated 2 stars

  “Two young toughs in Chicago get caught during a break-in, but one walks away. The other gets sent up for 7 years, and when he gets out, involves his former buddy, now straight, in a kidnapping. Danny's life crumbles as he desperately tries to save it. And he does, just.
  Evan embodies the casual acceptance of crime as a valid response to life. Danny, who has worked to acquire a straight life, regrets deeply his early foray in to crime. He has to deal with an immoral creep who has no regard for human life. ”

  Ron M wrote this review Tuesday, September 23 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Gritty good”

  roman g wrote this review Tuesday, June 17 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “A tremendously gripping debut novel about a man struggling to put his shady past behind him.”

  Readingrat wrote this review Friday, February 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Good tension-packed tale about a career small-time criminal (Danny) that can’t seem to leave the life. He finally makes the decision to leave when is partner (Evan) goes overboard, breaking their protocol and getting violent during a simple burglary. Danny gets away as Evan is caught. Danny vows to go straight and does while Evan goes to prison for several years.
  
  Danny starts a new life as a construction manager living with his girlfriend. Little does Danny know that Evan was let out of prison early. Also, prison has hardened Evan to the point where he doles out violence without any thought. Evan comes back looking for Danny expecting that they would resume their criminal partnership. He approaches Danny but Danny lets him know that he has left the “life” and wants to continue on the straight path. Danny offers Evan a job in construction. Evan just flat out refuses and tells Danny that you never leave the life.
  
  This is not the end of it as Evan has sinister plans in mind and he forces Danny to help him kidnap the son of Danny’s boss. Danny is in a very delicate situation because he can’t tell his girlfriend anything, he can’t go to the police because Evan will turn him in from his participation in their last job and he does not want a violent confrontation with Evan because besides being his childhood friend, Evan is now pretty scary.
  
  The tension mounts as Danny learns that there is not rational way of dealing with Evan and that he better face up to his own past life and deal with Evan before he loses his girlfriend and innocents are harmed.
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  Katamaster wrote this review Thursday, September 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Gritty, dark thriller about past mistakes and the way they can hunt you down. If you like Pelecanos and Lehane, give Sakey a try. I listened to the audio version, read by Grover Gardner.”

  MockTurtle wrote this review Wednesday, August 29 2007. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )