A Dangerous Man: A Novel

Overview

"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.

Editorial Reviews

Huston doesn't let his battered, tormented protagonist rest for one moment in the exciting final volume of his trilogy featuring Henry "Hank" Thompson, now an unwilling hit man for David Dolokhov, the Russian mobster whose $4 million he stole (and lost) in 2005's Six Bad Things. With a botched plastic surgery job that's left him disfigured and in chronic pain, Hank is only able to deal with his nightmares about the people he's killed with handfuls of prescription painkillers. He's on the verge of slipping under when Dolokhov assigns him to protect Miguel Arenas, a rising young baseball star and gambling addict who also owes the Russian a big chunk of change. Hank is forced to confront his own past as a former minor league player as his bodyguard gig takes him to New York, where his misadventures began. While the book drags a bit in the middle, the pace picks up toward the end as Hank finds himself once again doing what he does best, running for his life. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.

Author Information

Bio of Charlie Huston

Charlie Huston is the author of The Shotgun Rule, the Henry Thompson trilogy: Caught Stealing, Six Bad Things (an Edgar Award nominee), and A Dangerous Man, and the Joe Pitt novels: Already Dead, No Dominion, Half the Blood of Brooklyn, and Every Last Drop. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actress Virginia Louise Smith.

Customer Reviews

• Another winner for Mr. Huston

  Posted March 22, 2009 by Arielle, Houston

  This, the third book in the trilogy, was just as good as the previous two. I loved the plot, the speed of the action, the twists and turns. This is very surprising for me, as I usually avoid books like this, and without the free download I caught these on, I would never have read them. Bravo to the eBook Store for that, and thanks to Mr. Huston for writing such a believable and awesome story. Read the others in order, and you will love this one too.

Additional Info

Imprint

Random House

Filesize

1.40 MB

Number of Pages

304

eBook ISBN

9780345495655