"Among the new voices in twenty-first-century crime fiction,
Charlie Huston . . . is where it's at."
-The Washington Post
"Huston writes dialogue so combustible it could fuel a bus and
characters crazy enough to take it on the road."
-The New York Times Book Review
Reluctant hitman Henry Thompson has fallen on hard times. His grip
on life is disintegrating, his pistol hand shaking, his body pinned
to his living room couch by painkillers-and his boss, Russian
mobster David Dolokhov, isn't happy about any of it. So Henry is
surprised when he's handed a new assignment: keep tabs on a minor
league baseball star named Miguel Arenas.
Henry has no pity for the slugger and the wicked gambling problem
that got him in trouble, but he can't help liking the guy. After
all, Henry used to be just like him: a natural-born ball player
with a bright future. But hell, that was long ago. Before Henry did
some guy a favor and ended up running for his life. Before his
girlfriend and buddies got gunned down by someone on his tail.
Before he agreed to buy his parents' safety with a life of
violence.
And when Miguel gets drafted by the Mets and is sent to the
Brooklyn Cyclones, Henry must head back to New York, back to the
place where all his problems began-and where Henry might find a
real reason to keep living, a reason that may just cost him his
life.
"Huston reminds me of all my favorite writers-Pete Dexter,
Robert Stone, Crumley. If there is such a thing as compassionate
noir, Charlie has found it. He's a true marvel."
-Ken Bruen, author of The Guards
"Charlie Huston is the real deal."
-Peter Straub
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