Product Description“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
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Worthy Conclusion to a Superb Trilogy
For those of you that have read Caught Stealing and Six Bad Things, it should be a no brainer to pick up this concluding volume. For those of you who have not read any of this series, I highly suggest you read the previously mentioned books immediately. This trilogy is one of the freshest and most well written set of books I have read in a significant amount of time. I keep kicking myself that I have just now discovered Charlie Huston. Anyways, I digress.
Rating: - The Hank Thompson Trilogy Closes With Another Thriller
I have now read all of the Hank Thompson novels and all the Joe Pitt novels and I can say that Charlie Huston is an author that is now on my absolute must read list. I unequivocally recommend his work to fans of this literary sub genre. Charlie Huston is the real deal! If you have not yet discovered him and are attracted to dark, urban noirish, brutally violent novels, then run, don't walk, and secure a Charlie Huston novel.
The Hank Thompson trilogy which begins with "Caught Stealing" ... Read More
Rating: - Great ending!
All the other reviewers pretty much summed it up...this is a great book in one of the best crime series I've ever read...read them in order (Caught Stealing, Six Bad Things, A Dangerous Man) and whatever you do don't miss these books!
Rating: - OH HENRY!
"A Dangerous Man" is the third and final book in the Henry (Hank) Thompson trilogy. If you haven't read the first two, I'd suggest you get a copy of "Caught Stealing" and read that, then get a copy of "Six Bad Things" and read that, and then read, "A Dangerous Man". If you don't mind reading crazy, fast-paced, violent books that make you laugh, shudder, cringe, and gasp then you'll love this series.
As a kid, Henry Thompson was better at baseball than anybody really had a right to be at ... Read More
Rating: - Henry Has Come Back to His Beginnings
When Hank Thompson was in High School he was the boy wonder of baseball. But like many a prospect, he got damaged and would never play again. Because of this Henry ended up involved first in a robbery of a Russian Mafia Don (he didn't do the robbing), a flight to Mexico, a murder in Mexico, a flight to the US and a reconciliation (of sorts) with the Russian mobster.
It's two years later and Hank is working as a 'cleaner' for the mob. He breaks bones and kills those who need to 'learn a ... Read More
- Worthy Conclusion to a Superb Trilogy
- Henry Has Come Back to His Beginnings
