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What does a man do when he gets out of jail? Jack Palace hits the streets, plunging back into a violent world of crime and corruption. Jack wants out, but first he must repay his debt to Tommy, the man who saved his life in prison. Tommy's dad, an old school mob boss, is on his deathbed, and Tommy wants to take over the old man's rackets. Jack and his new girlfriend, Suzanne, are soon caught in the middle of a mob war. Now Jack must fight to defend the people he loves from the man he has sworn to protect while he tries to get out of the criminal life alive.
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November 24, 2018 -
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- ISBN: 9781459742307
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- ISBN: 9781459742307
- File size: 700 KB
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November 1, 2018
In this first volume of a projected series, ex-con Jack Palace intends to retire from the life of crime, but before he can do so, he needs to repay a debt. Tommy, the son of a Toronto organized-crime kingpin, saved Jack's life when Jack was behind bars; now Tommy's father is nearing the end of his life, and Tommy wants Jack's help to ensure a smooth transition when Tommy takes over the family business. As Jack soon discovers, there is no such thing as a smooth transition when you're talking about crooks. The writing here is very impressive: gritty and profane but also (in the right places) tender and quite moving. The author's previous novels are decidedly offbeat (Why Not a Spider Monkey Jesus?, 2010); this book is much more mainstream, but it's not without its idiosyncrasies (Tommy, for example, seems to have wandered in from a comic caper novel, but we're happy he did). Let's hope the second Jack Palace is published soon; otherwise, readers might get impatient waiting for it.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)
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