Friday, July 8, 2016

SAVAGE RECKONING by C. Hoyt Caldwell


5 STARS


Holy Crackerdoodles--AWESOME!

This is a summer blockbuster with Appalachian Frodo and Sam. Kenny Fable is hysterical. Simple spoken, but teeming with ideas. Some are better than others, but funny. His partner, Step Crawford, the grumpy Gus of the duo has an eye on business. He's got the street smarts Kenny seems to be missing. Of course, sometimes things go sideways and then you have to improvise.

Gospel according to Step: 
"Each woman's got a different 'forget-shit' trigger, Kenny. A man's whole goddamn purpose in life is to figure out that trigger and pull it."

Enter Dani Savage, pipsqueak niece of the Sheriff trying to get taken seriously in Baptist Flats. It ain't easy being the Little Deputy or female and enforcing the law in this neck of the woods, but some people are just born with more moxy. Go Dani!

To say things aren't right in Baptist Flats is a bit of an understatement. Of course, as soon as you turn over one rock and something unsavory crawls out it makes you wonder what's underneath all the others. Trouble.

And there's is a whole lotta this:


This is fast-paced, ugly, and downright cynical-- Still one heck of a wild ride. What takes this the extra step is amidst all the crazy, wild, out of control clusterfuck there's some real gems of truth thrown out for you to take or let drop. I took a few.


"I think they just looked away for a minute. That's all."

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