Rough Trade

Todd Robinson

Beschreibung

The long-awaited second novel in Todd Robinson's Anthony Award-nominated Boo and Junior seriesThe long-awaited second novel in Todd Robinson's Anthony Award-nominated Boo and Junior seriesThe long-awaited second novel in Todd Robinson’s Anthony Award-nominated Boo and Junior seriesWhen a waitress at The Cellar asks Boo and Junior to scare her roommate Dana’s harassing ex-boyfriend, Byron, Boo’s white knight impulses kick in and they perform the job with gusto, leaving Byron bloodied but very much alive. So when Byron is found dead, they’re shocked. They’re even more shocked when they learn that nothing is what they originally thought, and they’re being held accountable in the man's death.With Junior called in for questioning, Boo is determined to clear their names by finding Byron’s true killer. It’s a quest in which Boo will have to face down crooked cops, crazed guard dogs, a rival security crew, the Irish mob andworst of allhis own ingrained prejudices.Action-packed, outrageously funny, and brutally honest, Rough Trade brings back crime fiction’s favorite bouncers and takes them well out of their comfort zone in a novel that’s whip-smart, hilarious, gritty and above all human, proving that Todd Robinson is one of the most important voices in crime fiction.

Verfügbar seit: 09.08.2016.

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