| Author: | Tom Kakonis | ISBN: | 1230000923682 |
| Publisher: | Brash Books | Publication: | February 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tom Kakonis |
| ISBN: | 1230000923682 |
| Publisher: | Brash Books |
| Publication: | February 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
THE MASTERS OF CRIME FICTION BET ON TOM KAKONIS…
“Kakonis can really write. In Waverly, he gives us a wonderful character in a brutal world,” Tony Hillerman
“Michigan Roll is fast, strong, harsh and beautiful,” Donald Westlake
“A wonderful novel – smart, light and mean,” T. Jefferson Parker
"Tom Kakonis is a master of the low-life novel. Nobody does it better." Ross Thomas
“A cold-deck nightmare of high-stakes peril,” Daniel Woodrell
…AND A NEW KIND OF HERO IN AN UNFORGETTABLE THRILLER
Ex-con, professional poker player Timothy Waverly travels to Traverse City, Michigan for a break…and falls into bed with a seductress named Midnight. She’s an out-of-towner, too, there to rescue her self-destructive brother, who has stupidly ripped off a fortune in cocaine from a vicious Chicago mobster. Now she is being chased pursued by Shadow, a hemorrhoidal hitman who gleefully specializes in torture and rape, and Gleep, his muscle-bound henchman. The odds are stacked against her, but Waverly is a gambler who knows how to play them…
“A sure narrative voice, a richly shaded hero and heroine, nightmare-vivid villains, and a plot paved with switchbacks and big curves add up to classy, if brutal, crime entertainment: this one cooks,” Kirkus Reviews
"Aptly compared to Elmore Leonard, Kakonis builds exquisite tension." Publishers Weekly
“Original, brutal, nightmarish. Kakonis is a sharp new gambler in the literary crap game. He just takes the pot,” The New York Times
THE MASTERS OF CRIME FICTION BET ON TOM KAKONIS…
“Kakonis can really write. In Waverly, he gives us a wonderful character in a brutal world,” Tony Hillerman
“Michigan Roll is fast, strong, harsh and beautiful,” Donald Westlake
“A wonderful novel – smart, light and mean,” T. Jefferson Parker
"Tom Kakonis is a master of the low-life novel. Nobody does it better." Ross Thomas
“A cold-deck nightmare of high-stakes peril,” Daniel Woodrell
…AND A NEW KIND OF HERO IN AN UNFORGETTABLE THRILLER
Ex-con, professional poker player Timothy Waverly travels to Traverse City, Michigan for a break…and falls into bed with a seductress named Midnight. She’s an out-of-towner, too, there to rescue her self-destructive brother, who has stupidly ripped off a fortune in cocaine from a vicious Chicago mobster. Now she is being chased pursued by Shadow, a hemorrhoidal hitman who gleefully specializes in torture and rape, and Gleep, his muscle-bound henchman. The odds are stacked against her, but Waverly is a gambler who knows how to play them…
“A sure narrative voice, a richly shaded hero and heroine, nightmare-vivid villains, and a plot paved with switchbacks and big curves add up to classy, if brutal, crime entertainment: this one cooks,” Kirkus Reviews
"Aptly compared to Elmore Leonard, Kakonis builds exquisite tension." Publishers Weekly
“Original, brutal, nightmarish. Kakonis is a sharp new gambler in the literary crap game. He just takes the pot,” The New York Times
