Sweeney on the Rocks
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J. Rodney Turner
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Ted Sweeney. Affable everyman in small-town Montana. Tailgate hung on with baling wire, owner of his own business. Ten minutes ago, his biggest worry had been how to pay for the engagement ring rattling around in his pocket. But that was before he came home to find a corpse tidily arranged in his favorite recliner, his "old pal of a piece of furniture". Is it a warning or a setup or what? Sweeney can't help but admire the efficiency of the work, the slice deep across the guy's throat. Somebody knew what they were doing.
Sweeney dumps the body into the Yellowstone River without attracting attention. But over the next few days, as the corpse tumbles its way downstream, Sweeney's complicated circumstances gradually start rolling into the unflattering light. His is a story that includes the waning days of Italian wise guys in Brooklyn, the rise of the Russian mafia, and his own reluctant retreat into the witness protection program. Throw in a bag of uncut "rocks" (diamonds), an ex-wife turned country sheriff, a beloved mentor that might or might not be dead, and a former mistress cashing in favors, and we have a literary crime novel that shows how we can run from ourselves, but can never really hide.
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- Lee Flewitt - author
- 08-09-19
Please write more
and get this guy to read it. Great work. Montana Noir with echoes of Elmore Leonard and Cain and Lehane. Read with a smoking basso profundo which suited the writing style perfectly. I had the distinct impression that the author was playing at a genre which he thought might have been beneath his considerable literary abilities, and then thought, the hell with it. Let's have some fun. James Ellroy is a giant. This aint up there, but its bloody good.
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