Summary:
Jack Palms is a one-hit-wonder actor. He was in one movie (sure, a big blockbuster type movie) whose sequel got canned after Jack's crazy, drugged up, and drunk wife decided to lay allegations against Jack, saying he abused her. It's been years since this happened, and Jack's recovered from his own substance abuse issues. Jack gets a call from an old buddy of his, Ralph, the producer from Jack's movie. Ralph wants Jack to get involved with one little project, one last job for Ralph. Jack agrees, but finds out it involves some coked-up Czechs who want to score some more coke before they go on a road trip around the US.
What follows is Ralph getting killed, and Jack becoming the front man on the deal, which leads him and the Czech guys getting into a mess. There are drug cartels galore in this version of San Francisco, and one of them is trying to take the rest down, by way of shooting up the city worse than any action movie. Oh, and the cop that called the press when he went to arrest Jack for abuse is on the case now, and is forcing Jack to bring him something good. Jack's got to figure out who's at the top of all of it, and serve it up to the cop on a platter.
Thoughts:
What I read was an uncorrected proof, apparently. But as far as I could tell, it was only missing a few bits of punctuation. REALLY good story. I could do without all the drug references, sure, but for the most part, it was really good. I was figuring things out just when Jack was, so for once I wasn't three steps ahead. A few twists came out of no where on me, which is always a good thing. Plus, Jack has a '66 Mustang fastback, K-code, which means he's pretty awesome. Great writing, though. Finally another good one under the belt.
Pages: 293
Genre: Action, mystery
Grade: A-/B+
Would I Recommend?: Yes, absolutely.
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