This book has a lot of things going for it- Great title, good premise, and good reviews and written by one of my favorite authors. Maybe that is why this book was so much of a disappointment for me. Although Charlie Huston has over half a dozen novels to his name, this is only his second attempt at a stand-alone. In my opinion, his first stand-alone The Shotgun Rule was a far superior novel. I will also say that based on his other novels, the dialogue can be one of his biggest strengths, but it can also be one of his biggest weaknesses. If this book was written by anyone else, I would have given up on it before the end, which is something I rarely do. That being said, Charlie Huston is definitely an author worth readings, and I would strongly recommend his other stand-alone or his series books if you are interested in checking him out.
