Berney Lou - Whiplash River A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Like Carl Hiaasen Berney delights in the cartoonish. Like Elmore Leonard he can drive a plot. What sets him apart is how well he evokes love making the romance as compelling as the mystery. Boston Globe Lou Berney immediately earned a seat of honor at the mystery masters table with his crackling caper novel Gutshot Straight a lightning - fast fiendishly clever suspenser that screamed for a sequel. And here it is. Former professional wheel man Charles Shake Bouchon is back living in the Caribbean paradise of Belize with his lawless past far behind him until a gunshot tears through his beachside restaurant and he's on the run again. A twisting tale filled with lawmen con men and hit men; a beautiful but deadly FBI agent; and a murderous thug named Baby Jesus Whiplash River recalls the best of the off - the - wall crime fiction impresarios Elmore Leonard Carl Hiaasen James W. Hall Robert Ferrigno Tim Dorsey while establishing its own unique orbit in the noir universe.
Title: Whiplash River A Novel
Author(s): Berney Lou
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062115287
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 7/10/2012
Category: Thriller / Suspense