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Moses McGuire #2
Out There Bad
Out There Bad is the follow up novel to the critically claimed Beautiful, Naked & Dead. Armenian mobsters, Russian strippers, human traffickers, Mexican assassins, they all want Moses dead. Hell most days, even Moses wants Moses dead, but he’ll have to put his dark thoughts on hold. Somewhere between Moscow and LA a young girl has disappeared. The hunt for her will take Moses deep into the heart of Mexico. He will be taught once again that that which does not kill you, often leaves you scarred for life.
250 pages, Paperback
First published June 15, 2011
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Josh Stallings
16 books170 followers Josh Stallings is author of three critically acclaimed Moses McGuire crime books, Anthony Award nominated memoir All The Wild Children, and Fefty Award nominated, Young Americans.
He has been in no particular order, a film editor, taxi driver, criminal, father, husband, club bouncer, a trailer editor, a screen writer, a bad actor and a good friend.
He lives in the city of his birth, Los Angeles with his wife Erika, two dogs and a cat.
He has been in no particular order, a film editor, taxi driver, criminal, father, husband, club bouncer, a trailer editor, a screen writer, a bad actor and a good friend.
He lives in the city of his birth, Los Angeles with his wife Erika, two dogs and a cat.
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May 24, 2013
It all started with a dame, but then again isn't that how it always starts? No sooner had the wounds inflicted by former lover Cass healed, another stripper comes along to tear them open and set Moses McGuire's world ablaze. What started in 'Beautiful Naked and Dead' continues in 'Out There Bad' - a knight in rusty blood soaked armour first finding the damsel then the distress. Accompanied by Armenian side-kick Gregor, Moses finds himself up against the Russian mob, a cross continent snuggling and prostitution ring and a Mexican assassin hell bent on vengeance as he attempts to find a 13yr old girl held captive as a sex slave. Naturally, Moses embraces his stripper superhero persona and kicks ass from L.A to Mexico and back again enduring a world of hurt along the way - much like BN&D the story unfolds at breakneck speed in true noir/hardboiled tradition and was a pure joy to read from start to finish. 'Out There Bad' closes a chapter on Moses McGuire to date and opens a whole new can of whoop-ass - you'd be hard pressed to read anything as good as what Stallings is putting out there - 5 stars.
June 29, 2011
Josh Stallings' Moses McGuire series is fast becoming my favorite series featuring people I never want to meet. Moses is one big bad ass who is not only good at killing anyone in his way but may be doing everything he can to kill himself in the meantime. Fortunately for the reader he has a soft spot for damsel strippers in distress. Unfortunately for him nothing is easy.
This second book is the equal of the first novel, Beautiful, Naked & Dead which is high praise indeed. Not only does it include the first novel's array of colorful and deadly characters, it adds a tarot card dealing killer the equal of Moses in deadliness and pathos. The author takes a few more risks in this tale by featuring multiple narratives and it works beautifully. It is rewarding to watch a new author improving his craft especially when his first two books are already in the upper brackets of the crime thriller genre. I must admit I'm enjoying his use of settings that I am familiar with, all the way from L.A. to Ensenada. Yet you do not need to know the terrain in order to get totally caught up in Stalling's hellish interpretation on the crime underground and life on the dark side. Highly recommended to anyone who love rough crime novels and is not squeamish about graphic violence.
This second book is the equal of the first novel, Beautiful, Naked & Dead which is high praise indeed. Not only does it include the first novel's array of colorful and deadly characters, it adds a tarot card dealing killer the equal of Moses in deadliness and pathos. The author takes a few more risks in this tale by featuring multiple narratives and it works beautifully. It is rewarding to watch a new author improving his craft especially when his first two books are already in the upper brackets of the crime thriller genre. I must admit I'm enjoying his use of settings that I am familiar with, all the way from L.A. to Ensenada. Yet you do not need to know the terrain in order to get totally caught up in Stalling's hellish interpretation on the crime underground and life on the dark side. Highly recommended to anyone who love rough crime novels and is not squeamish about graphic violence.
October 17, 2011
It's a little less moody and a little more crowded that its predecessor. While I missed the resonating loneliness of Moses McGuire, I gained insight on his life, his friends, his "family of choice" as Andrew Vachss would say. Not better or worse, just different. That means it's still damn good.
July 3, 2011
When we last saw forty-three year old suicidal strip club bouncer Moses McGuire his life looked like it had finally turned a corner. He'd avenged the death of his best friend and, along the way, fallen in love with her twin sister. Off to Baja they went to settle down and live happily ever after. Yeah, well, life doesn't work like that for Moses. As Out There Bad opens Moses is once again alone and working as a bouncer in that same old strip club in LA. When a misunderstanding - one involving a patron's broken jaw and ribs - lands Moses temporarily out of a job he decides to go hit another strip club and see how things are going on the other side of town. And that's when Moses' cosmically bad karma kicks into high gear.
A few drinks and one lap dance later and Moses once again finds himself falling hard for a beautiful stripper with a sad story. Lured to America by promises of legitimate employment and the American dream, instead she and many of her countrywomen have found themselves trapped in a life of stripping and prostitution. Even worse, her thirteen-year-old sister has fallen prey to the same scam and is somewhere in Mexico being "prepared" for her life as a sex slave before being shipped on to LA. Saddle up, folks, because Moses is headed for Mexico and things are gonna get rough.
Josh Stallings' debut Beautiful, Naked & Dead completely rocked my world. It was blatantly obvious from literally the first page of that book that Stallings has serious skills. I was confident I would not be disappointed with its follow up, but I honestly could not have envisioned how much farther Stallings would be able to take things. Though only one book removed from his debut, Out There Bad nevertheless shows that Stallings is not only confident with what he's doing, but that he's settling even further into his amazing groove as a writer.
The complexity and depth that make Moses more than just some big brute running amok are once again on display. Warrior though he is, it's not the physical beatings and hardships - and make no mistake about it, Stallings puts Moses through quite the grinder - that leave the lasting scars on Moses. No, it's the psychological damage than Moses endures which is what truly shapes him as a man. Even those who seek to physically destroy Moses come to understand that, as one particularly motivated torturer has a revelation about the true best way to get Moses to crack:
"Do you know what is the great motivator? Not fear, no. Guilt. Pain fades and must be re-administered. Guilt can break a person for life."
And damned if Stallings doesn't do everything in his power to break Moses. If he didn't do it so skillfully I'd hate him for the things he puts Moses through in Out There Bad. Not completely heartless, Stallings does bring Moses' wonderfully stoic sidekick from Beautiful, Naked & Dead, Gregor, back for another go round, and even provides them both with help from a most unexpected, intriguing, and deadly ally.
Josh Stallings is the real deal. He started off hot with Beautiful, Naked & Dead, has downshifted into blazing in Out There Bad, and god only knows where we're gonna end up in Moses' next outing, One More Body.
A few drinks and one lap dance later and Moses once again finds himself falling hard for a beautiful stripper with a sad story. Lured to America by promises of legitimate employment and the American dream, instead she and many of her countrywomen have found themselves trapped in a life of stripping and prostitution. Even worse, her thirteen-year-old sister has fallen prey to the same scam and is somewhere in Mexico being "prepared" for her life as a sex slave before being shipped on to LA. Saddle up, folks, because Moses is headed for Mexico and things are gonna get rough.
Josh Stallings' debut Beautiful, Naked & Dead completely rocked my world. It was blatantly obvious from literally the first page of that book that Stallings has serious skills. I was confident I would not be disappointed with its follow up, but I honestly could not have envisioned how much farther Stallings would be able to take things. Though only one book removed from his debut, Out There Bad nevertheless shows that Stallings is not only confident with what he's doing, but that he's settling even further into his amazing groove as a writer.
The complexity and depth that make Moses more than just some big brute running amok are once again on display. Warrior though he is, it's not the physical beatings and hardships - and make no mistake about it, Stallings puts Moses through quite the grinder - that leave the lasting scars on Moses. No, it's the psychological damage than Moses endures which is what truly shapes him as a man. Even those who seek to physically destroy Moses come to understand that, as one particularly motivated torturer has a revelation about the true best way to get Moses to crack:
"Do you know what is the great motivator? Not fear, no. Guilt. Pain fades and must be re-administered. Guilt can break a person for life."
And damned if Stallings doesn't do everything in his power to break Moses. If he didn't do it so skillfully I'd hate him for the things he puts Moses through in Out There Bad. Not completely heartless, Stallings does bring Moses' wonderfully stoic sidekick from Beautiful, Naked & Dead, Gregor, back for another go round, and even provides them both with help from a most unexpected, intriguing, and deadly ally.
Josh Stallings is the real deal. He started off hot with Beautiful, Naked & Dead, has downshifted into blazing in Out There Bad, and god only knows where we're gonna end up in Moses' next outing, One More Body.
February 19, 2013
Beneath the wild heart of Moses McGuire there lurks a pussy cat. A hero, foolish knight in shining armour. A patsy with a fatal weakness. Josh Stallings has again delivered the goods in this the second novel featuring strip club bouncer Moses McGuire.
As with the first McGuire novel Beautiful, Naked and Dead I just couldn't put this book down. I have to be a little critical because BND was such a perfect work that I couldn't help but compare the two. There were a few editorial rough edges in Out There Bad that weren't present with BND. A recycled line from an old Lethal Weapon movie had me hoping that Stallings sense of irony was up and winking at me in the moment of delivery. I'd stake my bottom dollar on it.
Out There Bad is as bloody as BND and Stallings pulls no punches in delivering a very uncomfortable scene where Moses is forced to commit an unspeakable act. Stallings shows an admirable bravery in his writing and whilst he never preaches he does ask a few subtle questions of the reader. If you enjoyed the first Moses McGuire novel you will without doubt enjoy Out There Bad too.
Stallings introduces even more elements in this novel and we see Moses teaming up with the most unlikely of partners. We see Moses the unstoppable force battling the immovable object that is the Russian mafia. There is growth here as well as some sticking to the formula of the first novel. The saying if it ain't broke don't fix it applies here. It’s more of the same with a few risks taken but yet another entertaining five star read.
As with the first McGuire novel Beautiful, Naked and Dead I just couldn't put this book down. I have to be a little critical because BND was such a perfect work that I couldn't help but compare the two. There were a few editorial rough edges in Out There Bad that weren't present with BND. A recycled line from an old Lethal Weapon movie had me hoping that Stallings sense of irony was up and winking at me in the moment of delivery. I'd stake my bottom dollar on it.
Out There Bad is as bloody as BND and Stallings pulls no punches in delivering a very uncomfortable scene where Moses is forced to commit an unspeakable act. Stallings shows an admirable bravery in his writing and whilst he never preaches he does ask a few subtle questions of the reader. If you enjoyed the first Moses McGuire novel you will without doubt enjoy Out There Bad too.
Stallings introduces even more elements in this novel and we see Moses teaming up with the most unlikely of partners. We see Moses the unstoppable force battling the immovable object that is the Russian mafia. There is growth here as well as some sticking to the formula of the first novel. The saying if it ain't broke don't fix it applies here. It’s more of the same with a few risks taken but yet another entertaining five star read.
October 12, 2011
Released a scant three months after debut Beautiful, Naked & Dead, Josh Stallings' Out There Bad has joined that cracking first novel at the top of my favourite books of the year list.
After a very brief encounter, & feeling used & abused by those around him, Moses jumps to the aid of Russian lap dancer Anya whos sister has been imported into Mexico, to be used in the sex trade, by mobsters. Anyas' predicament acts like a red rag to a bull as Moses & sidekick Gregor tear up a trail of destruction trying to find the missing girl before she disapperas into LAs murky underworld. Mr Stallings also introduces a cast of supporting characters along the way including said mobsters, a reporter looking for a scoop, a Mexican contract killer & a deadly Russian assassin. All good stuff & all-in-all a great, great read.
Don't have words to describe Mr Stallings style, 'effortless' may come close, just know that this fine novel really hit the nail on the head for me. Other reviewers have compared Josh to James Crumley or Joe Lansdale & I second those comparisons (maybe a bit of John D MacDonalds' Travis McGee, too ?) but he also has something of his own to offer as well. Plot, characters, action, honesty & integrity - all ticked the right boxes & any book that has you singing Coma Girl by Strummer & the Mescelaros as it downloads has to be a winner in my book. Quality
After a very brief encounter, & feeling used & abused by those around him, Moses jumps to the aid of Russian lap dancer Anya whos sister has been imported into Mexico, to be used in the sex trade, by mobsters. Anyas' predicament acts like a red rag to a bull as Moses & sidekick Gregor tear up a trail of destruction trying to find the missing girl before she disapperas into LAs murky underworld. Mr Stallings also introduces a cast of supporting characters along the way including said mobsters, a reporter looking for a scoop, a Mexican contract killer & a deadly Russian assassin. All good stuff & all-in-all a great, great read.
Don't have words to describe Mr Stallings style, 'effortless' may come close, just know that this fine novel really hit the nail on the head for me. Other reviewers have compared Josh to James Crumley or Joe Lansdale & I second those comparisons (maybe a bit of John D MacDonalds' Travis McGee, too ?) but he also has something of his own to offer as well. Plot, characters, action, honesty & integrity - all ticked the right boxes & any book that has you singing Coma Girl by Strummer & the Mescelaros as it downloads has to be a winner in my book. Quality
June 20, 2011
The agonising wait from Beautiful, Naked and Dead wasn't too long...... I suppose, and there was the short story in between that filled in a little of Moses', the protagonist in both books, back story, but actually to be handed such a volatile second novel where one wrong move will lead this ticking time-bomb to explode into a million razor sharp shards of violent energy in your hands, is more than I could ever have hoped for from the brilliant Josh Stallings.
The second book is always tricky, especially after Moses McGuire, the red haired Viking loved by women and feared by men, strode onto the downtown stripper scene of L.A with such force in Beautiful, Naked and Dead.; a bouncer with a heart big enough to take away the pain of those lost women; those strong women who die a little more each day just to survive into the next but who has no care for his own life, believing that redemption is impossible.
Forget that then. Out There Bad goes way beyond anything that Stallings has written before. Let's talk violence if that's what you're after. You'll love the slasher assassin; moving in the shadows, tossing tarot cards on the bodies of victims, untouchable and invisible. Blood runs freely across many a page in spurts, rivulets and spray and you'd better watch out as you read or you might just get splattered as you stand there on the sidelines watching with gruesome awe the skilled knife work and deadly accuracy of the kill.
Then there are the guns. Moses loves his guns. I'm no expert but I think that you'd find it pretty difficult to name a gun that Moses doesn't use somewhere in this tale of retribution, mercy and love and it's just as well that Moses seems to be well stocked with firearms because this time he seems to be taking on the whole of Armenia with a few Mossad agents thrown in for good measure.
Moses, our hero, falls in love with Anya, a Russian stripper. She is the perfect woman that he has always dreamt of, the one he sees himself strolling off into the sunset with whilst throwing sticks into the surf for his beloved dog, Angel; his life as an avenging spirit finally over.
Well, like that's going to happen! Moses, deep under her spell, promises to find her younger sister who has been lured to the Land of Dreams from her village in Russia with the hope of swimming pools and beautiful clothes. Instead, Nika finds herself trapped as a sex slave at the age of thirteen.
Most of the action takes place in Mexico where corruption at all levels is rife, allowing Moses to rampage as only he can, taking many blows and surviving degradation along the way.
This is not a tale for the feint-hearted. There are some scenes of the most heartbreaking depravity as Stallings describes the life that the young girls in captivity are made to endure and he doesn't hold back as Moses is forced to face an evil that he will never recover from in his life; that will be there everyday as he looks into the mirror and sees his soul.
You will not be able to put Out There Bad down from the moment you pick it up and when you are finished you will start at the beginning again. Now I need to go away and put together the soundtrack to this book; it's Clash time...crank up the guitars. Ahhhhhhhhh!
The second book is always tricky, especially after Moses McGuire, the red haired Viking loved by women and feared by men, strode onto the downtown stripper scene of L.A with such force in Beautiful, Naked and Dead.; a bouncer with a heart big enough to take away the pain of those lost women; those strong women who die a little more each day just to survive into the next but who has no care for his own life, believing that redemption is impossible.
Forget that then. Out There Bad goes way beyond anything that Stallings has written before. Let's talk violence if that's what you're after. You'll love the slasher assassin; moving in the shadows, tossing tarot cards on the bodies of victims, untouchable and invisible. Blood runs freely across many a page in spurts, rivulets and spray and you'd better watch out as you read or you might just get splattered as you stand there on the sidelines watching with gruesome awe the skilled knife work and deadly accuracy of the kill.
Then there are the guns. Moses loves his guns. I'm no expert but I think that you'd find it pretty difficult to name a gun that Moses doesn't use somewhere in this tale of retribution, mercy and love and it's just as well that Moses seems to be well stocked with firearms because this time he seems to be taking on the whole of Armenia with a few Mossad agents thrown in for good measure.
Moses, our hero, falls in love with Anya, a Russian stripper. She is the perfect woman that he has always dreamt of, the one he sees himself strolling off into the sunset with whilst throwing sticks into the surf for his beloved dog, Angel; his life as an avenging spirit finally over.
Well, like that's going to happen! Moses, deep under her spell, promises to find her younger sister who has been lured to the Land of Dreams from her village in Russia with the hope of swimming pools and beautiful clothes. Instead, Nika finds herself trapped as a sex slave at the age of thirteen.
Most of the action takes place in Mexico where corruption at all levels is rife, allowing Moses to rampage as only he can, taking many blows and surviving degradation along the way.
This is not a tale for the feint-hearted. There are some scenes of the most heartbreaking depravity as Stallings describes the life that the young girls in captivity are made to endure and he doesn't hold back as Moses is forced to face an evil that he will never recover from in his life; that will be there everyday as he looks into the mirror and sees his soul.
You will not be able to put Out There Bad down from the moment you pick it up and when you are finished you will start at the beginning again. Now I need to go away and put together the soundtrack to this book; it's Clash time...crank up the guitars. Ahhhhhhhhh!
July 23, 2011
If you saw Lawrence Block's comments over at Do Some Damage, you'll understand me when I say that Moses McGuire is a man with `inclusions'. Lots of inclusions.
Moses is the bouncer at a pole-dancing club. He's big, strong, professional, the butt of the dancers' jokes and maybe takes his job a little too seriously at times.
When we meet him in `Out There Bad', he's having a bad day at the office. The girls are laying bets on who can persuade him to sleep with him and it's all quiet on the Western Front.
It's different out on the parking lot. Seeing one of the girls in the car of a rich boy and performing acts that go beyond a shiggle round a pole, Moses steps in. The rich kid has more money than sense. Talks back to Moses. Moses gets rid of some of his pent up anger by beating him into the dust. It costs him his job and starts things ticking over in his mind about the activities of the Russian girls.
When he meets another Russian, Anya, and falls off his wobbly wagon, things become interesting.
It sets in motion a series of events that mean any readers will need to fasten their seat belts and prepare for a lot of bumpy terrain.
The Russian girls are holed up in some hostel from hell and Moses decides to free Anya from them.
Believe it or not, the Russians don't like it. Worse, they're powerful gangsters who it would normally take an army to shake down.
Our man may be an ex-soldier, but he's not one to trust many others. He teams up with his one man force, enlists the help of a journalist and sets off to free Anya's sister from a life on the game.
It will help, later on, that his newest Ally is to be one of the biggest killers of Russians since Stalin. Mikayla reminded me a little of Lisbeth Salander (Millenium trilogy), although instead of a taser gun, this lady has a razor with which she slashes necks with ease. With her one breast and scarred face and a gripe against the pimps who've stolen so many of her nation's beautiful women, she's on a mission of revenge. She also carries round a pack of Tarot cards, but there's only ever one future for the men she encounters.
From early on, this book explodes into action. Stallings moves us on at a cracking pace and I'm pretty sure this one has got the lot. Sex, sleaze, car-chases, hand-to-hand, drugs, an arsenal of weapons, gangsters, assassins and booze.
It's quite something that during all of this fiery action the characters and their motivations can be so well-understood, which is where I thing the author's skill can be clearly seen. I cared a great deal for all these guys, which made it so much more addictive as a ride because there was never any way all of them were going to get out of there alive.
Don't read this if you like sedate stories, hate violence or want to get yourself an early night.
If none of the above, read when you can.
(ps Moses, no way is Give Em Enough Rope the best Album from the Clash. Want to make something of it?)
Moses is the bouncer at a pole-dancing club. He's big, strong, professional, the butt of the dancers' jokes and maybe takes his job a little too seriously at times.
When we meet him in `Out There Bad', he's having a bad day at the office. The girls are laying bets on who can persuade him to sleep with him and it's all quiet on the Western Front.
It's different out on the parking lot. Seeing one of the girls in the car of a rich boy and performing acts that go beyond a shiggle round a pole, Moses steps in. The rich kid has more money than sense. Talks back to Moses. Moses gets rid of some of his pent up anger by beating him into the dust. It costs him his job and starts things ticking over in his mind about the activities of the Russian girls.
When he meets another Russian, Anya, and falls off his wobbly wagon, things become interesting.
It sets in motion a series of events that mean any readers will need to fasten their seat belts and prepare for a lot of bumpy terrain.
The Russian girls are holed up in some hostel from hell and Moses decides to free Anya from them.
Believe it or not, the Russians don't like it. Worse, they're powerful gangsters who it would normally take an army to shake down.
Our man may be an ex-soldier, but he's not one to trust many others. He teams up with his one man force, enlists the help of a journalist and sets off to free Anya's sister from a life on the game.
It will help, later on, that his newest Ally is to be one of the biggest killers of Russians since Stalin. Mikayla reminded me a little of Lisbeth Salander (Millenium trilogy), although instead of a taser gun, this lady has a razor with which she slashes necks with ease. With her one breast and scarred face and a gripe against the pimps who've stolen so many of her nation's beautiful women, she's on a mission of revenge. She also carries round a pack of Tarot cards, but there's only ever one future for the men she encounters.
From early on, this book explodes into action. Stallings moves us on at a cracking pace and I'm pretty sure this one has got the lot. Sex, sleaze, car-chases, hand-to-hand, drugs, an arsenal of weapons, gangsters, assassins and booze.
It's quite something that during all of this fiery action the characters and their motivations can be so well-understood, which is where I thing the author's skill can be clearly seen. I cared a great deal for all these guys, which made it so much more addictive as a ride because there was never any way all of them were going to get out of there alive.
Don't read this if you like sedate stories, hate violence or want to get yourself an early night.
If none of the above, read when you can.
(ps Moses, no way is Give Em Enough Rope the best Album from the Clash. Want to make something of it?)
August 5, 2011
Mo McGuire. That's all you need. Because, if you were in for the last ride, you know what's coming. Full tilt boogie that slams your head back and squishes your brain against the back of your skull and puts you in that place with your spine against the bricks of a dead end alley and a set of headlights coming at you at one hundrded and forty MPH and there ain't no way you can see you're ever gonna get out of this alive, but you just plain don't care if you do or not, because this is here and this is now and fuck all the rest.
That's pretty much it. But then what did you expect? It's Mo McGuire isn't it?
Oh, you want more? Okay there's somebody else in Mo's world now. One of the scariest somebodies who you ever heard of. Not enough? Okay. There's children in slavery. How about Russians, Armenians, Gringos, Mexicans, Israelis and for all you know, Space Nazis From The Moon coming at you all at once, at double time(small tip: there ain't no Space Nazis . . . but there might as well be. It wouldn't startle you at all if there were.)
More? Sure. Redemption of the bleakest kind. Broken loyalty. Dirty deeds done at a price you don't want to pay. Love -- of the hardest kind. The hardest kind. Yeah, everything here is the hardest kind.
That's enough. The rest you'll have to read for yourself.
That's pretty much it. But then what did you expect? It's Mo McGuire isn't it?
Oh, you want more? Okay there's somebody else in Mo's world now. One of the scariest somebodies who you ever heard of. Not enough? Okay. There's children in slavery. How about Russians, Armenians, Gringos, Mexicans, Israelis and for all you know, Space Nazis From The Moon coming at you all at once, at double time(small tip: there ain't no Space Nazis . . . but there might as well be. It wouldn't startle you at all if there were.)
More? Sure. Redemption of the bleakest kind. Broken loyalty. Dirty deeds done at a price you don't want to pay. Love -- of the hardest kind. The hardest kind. Yeah, everything here is the hardest kind.
That's enough. The rest you'll have to read for yourself.
August 10, 2011
As Out There Bad opens Moses is once again alone and working as a bouncer in that same old strip club in LA. When a misunderstanding - one involving a patron's broken jaw and ribs - lands Moses temporarily out of a job he decides to go hit another strip club and see how things are going on the other side of town. And that's when Moses' cosmically bad karma kicks into high gear.
A few drinks and one lap dance later and Moses once again finds himself falling hard for a beautiful stripper with a sad story. Lured to America by promises of legitimate employment and the American dream, instead she and many of her countrywomen have found themselves trapped in a life of stripping and prostitution. Even worse, her thirteen-year-old sister has fallen prey to the same scam and is somewhere in Mexico being "prepared" for her life as a sex slave before being shipped on to LA. Saddle up, folks, because Moses is headed for Mexico and things are gonna get rough.
The action is fast paced and the reader in drawn into the story, and his adventures.
A few drinks and one lap dance later and Moses once again finds himself falling hard for a beautiful stripper with a sad story. Lured to America by promises of legitimate employment and the American dream, instead she and many of her countrywomen have found themselves trapped in a life of stripping and prostitution. Even worse, her thirteen-year-old sister has fallen prey to the same scam and is somewhere in Mexico being "prepared" for her life as a sex slave before being shipped on to LA. Saddle up, folks, because Moses is headed for Mexico and things are gonna get rough.
The action is fast paced and the reader in drawn into the story, and his adventures.
July 8, 2012
Well Moses MacGuire really stepped into it now. From Los Angeles to Mexico to Russia... running cold turkey on strippers, liquor and drugs he's up to his eyes in killers and guns and girl trafficking. And there's this mysterious hunter either working against him or with him, he can't tell which. Panting along with Moses on the run, you will find this story even more fast paced than the first story Beautiful, Naked & Dead and make you wish the next was up and ready for reading.
5 stars from me, because I can't get enough of the big man, ex-bouncer, gun-slingin', mean bastard.
5 stars from me, because I can't get enough of the big man, ex-bouncer, gun-slingin', mean bastard.
April 23, 2013
I read the first novel by Stallings (Beautiful, Naked & Dead) and loved that one, so I don't know why I was surprised to find myself deeply engrossed in Out There Bad as well. Maybe it's because I never love books in a series equally-- they're a bit like children in their own unique way with good points and mediocre points.
But Stallings hit another grand-slam with this one. I finished it well over a week ago and bits of it still haunt me, and my heart breaks all over again for Moses and everything that haunts him so. I don't know how Stallings does it; he turns readers inside-out, flips them around and drops us on our tails with a thud. And we beg like children, "Do it again!"
Damn fine writing.
Fast, gritty and real is this novel. Don't dawdle. Read it.
But Stallings hit another grand-slam with this one. I finished it well over a week ago and bits of it still haunt me, and my heart breaks all over again for Moses and everything that haunts him so. I don't know how Stallings does it; he turns readers inside-out, flips them around and drops us on our tails with a thud. And we beg like children, "Do it again!"
Damn fine writing.
Fast, gritty and real is this novel. Don't dawdle. Read it.
April 12, 2013
Out There Bad is the follow up novel to the critically claimed Beautiful, Naked & Dead. Armenian mobsters, Russian strippers, human traffickers, Mexican assassins, they all want Moses dead. Hell most days, even Moses wants Moses dead, but he’ll have to put his dark thoughts on hold. Somewhere between Moscow and LA a young girl has disappeared. The hunt for her will take Moses deep into the heart of Mexico. He will be taught once again that that which does not kill you, often leaves you scarred for life.
May 2, 2013
Stalling's Beautiful, Naked & Dead had been on my to read list for a while and I finally got around to it. And I loved it. I immediately moved onto Out There Dead and, to my surprise, it's an even better book. Which was tough as BND was frankly excellent. I'm a fan of gritty, pacey novels with strong, damaged characters. Stallings delivers in spades. Written in the first person he achieves a very strong sense of place. McGuire is an excellent protagonist, a true anti-hero.
If you haven't already discovered Josh Stallings pick up his work. You don't know what you're missing.
If you haven't already discovered Josh Stallings pick up his work. You don't know what you're missing.
August 7, 2011
I was a little concerned that this was going to be a re-tread of the first Moses novel. It certainly covers similar ground at first, but then off we go, Moses has his self imposed mission, and we are in blood, guns, blood, sleaze, blood, human trafficking and did I mention blood? A great, rollicking ride. Well done Josh!
April 23, 2013
What an incredible book--I feel battered and up lifted!
May 9, 2019
"I saw her standing there." Cheesy Brit pop assaulted my ears as i pushed through the curtain into Fantasia's bikini bar. It must be said, The Beatles were pussies. John, Paul, George and that goofy mutant Ringo, pussies one and all. With their whinny, simpering love songs and simple solutions to complex questions. "Love is all you need." Tell that to an eight year old boy whose mother is a mean drunk Jesus freak who thinks cornflakes are dinner. Fuck love. What i needed when she took a belt to my ass was a .44 and an airtight alibi.
I think i enjoyed this even more than Beautiful, Naked & Dead
. Good pace that never lets up. Really enjoyable, unputdownable read.
Recommended. 4.5 stars.
I think i enjoyed this even more than Beautiful, Naked & Dead
. Good pace that never lets up. Really enjoyable, unputdownable read.Recommended. 4.5 stars.
May 4, 2019
Josh Stallings books are pure fun. I love the way he writes his characters, the action sequences, basically all of it. There was one part of this book I felt was a little over the top, but def not a deal breaker by any means. I already ordered the 3rd book in this series and can't wait to start it.
July 6, 2017
"Out There Bad" is Stallings' follow-up to his brilliant first novel, "Beautiful, Naked, And Dead." In this second novel, the wild adventures of strip club bouncer Moses McGuire, also known as the rescuer of damsels in distress, continue. McGuire is not your normal hero. He is a down-on-his-luck guy with no family and few friends and a sour outlook on life, but he has a soft spot in his heart for girls in trouble and, when he sees a Russian stripper ushered into a dark car, he smells trouble and, with his giant Armenian thug friend, Gregor, attempts a valiant rescue of the lady, although now his mission increases in scope as he must find her younger sister, tricked into the sex trade outside of Moscow and shipped across half a world to Mexico. The Russian hoodlums never counted on the redheaded Viking warrior McGuire who will come crashing into their Baja palaces and turn their world upside down. McGuire luckily finds an unusual ally in Ensenada, one who is just as vicious, just as vicious, and leaves tarot cards on kills.
It's no picnic in McGuire's world. Rather, it is a dark, violent underbelly of a world he wades through. Life is a battle and you better be able to carry your own water. We are children of the battlefield, he muses. He thinks the Beatles were all wimps with their simpering love songs and simple solutions to complex questions.
Much of the action takes place in the environs of Los Angeles: "City of wild, damaged dreams and beautiful graffiti-splashed cement rivers." He explains: "This city is morally mortgaged to the hilt and drowning in the vig."
This book may be even more violent than the first McGuire book. He goes into "full tilt berserker mode. No mercy asked, none given." The book is nonstop action from start to finish. "Let someone take you down without retribution," McGuire explains, "you've started down that soapy path that ends with you being their shower toy." Make no mistake, this is powerful prose and a gut wrenching story.
So, if you are looking for a full-on action tale with tough, gritty verbage about a guy who tries to do the right thing, you've found your book.
It's no picnic in McGuire's world. Rather, it is a dark, violent underbelly of a world he wades through. Life is a battle and you better be able to carry your own water. We are children of the battlefield, he muses. He thinks the Beatles were all wimps with their simpering love songs and simple solutions to complex questions.
Much of the action takes place in the environs of Los Angeles: "City of wild, damaged dreams and beautiful graffiti-splashed cement rivers." He explains: "This city is morally mortgaged to the hilt and drowning in the vig."
This book may be even more violent than the first McGuire book. He goes into "full tilt berserker mode. No mercy asked, none given." The book is nonstop action from start to finish. "Let someone take you down without retribution," McGuire explains, "you've started down that soapy path that ends with you being their shower toy." Make no mistake, this is powerful prose and a gut wrenching story.
So, if you are looking for a full-on action tale with tough, gritty verbage about a guy who tries to do the right thing, you've found your book.
June 29, 2022
I enjoyed this one but nowhere near as much as the first. I did enjoy the story but the edits for the tablet version were disjointed and hard to follow. Picked it up again after a lengthy layoff and finished in 2 sessions, will be interesting to see how the trilogy finishes.
February 28, 2023
This book is an adrenaline-charged male fantasy. It is more descriptive than introspective. A very good read though. It could make a film script.
October 2, 2011
The first book (Beautiful, Naked & Dead) by Josh Stallings had me pole dancing in my dreams. In all honesty, I was hoping for the same night life while reading the second book. I mean, really... what girl wouldn't want to be flawless at pole dancing and possibly skilled in the art of... the lap dance?
Unfortunately, no matter how much I wanted those dreams to appear, I knew it wasn't gonna happen.
From the beginning, Out There Bad took on a different tone from the first novel in the series. Instead of nights dreaming of my life as a stripper, this second book had me dreaming about my childhood when I was living in Hawaii. The time when I would pray daily that my father would find me and bring me home, and mark each day off a calendar with an X.
Sent to live with relatives after a my father and step-mother divorced - I was under the impression that my time there would be brief and stress free - I was forced to endure many things that are still not spoken of in my family. While reading Out There Bad, the second book in the Moses McGuire series by Josh Stallings, I became painfully aware of just how badly I wanted to be saved during that time. I specifically remember how when the phone call came that my father was making arrangements for me to be on the next flight home... I didn't believe it was over. Even after the plane took flight... I didn't believe it was over.
Thirty years later... it still isn't over.
At the end of Beautiful, Naked & Dead, Moses has taken revenge on the people responsible for brutally murdering the only woman that he truly loved, and he also managed to fall in love and out of love with her twin sister during his quest for vengeance.
When we meet up with Moses again in Out There Bad, he's working the rounds as a bouncer for the same strip club in LA, when he notices odd behavior and suspicious living arrangements with some of the new Russian women that have come to town to play. Soon Moses finds himself out of a job and blowing off some steam at another strip club after a beat down in the parking lot with a customer wanting more than the usual lap dance gets a little rough.
And that's when she walks in. The beautifully seductive, Anya.
Swaying those hips just right on the dance floor leads to some back room levi-lovin' between Anya and Moses. And I'm not quite sure how it happened, but Moses fell in love. And he didn't fall in love with just any girl. Moses fell in love with a woman that has fallen victim to a scam that has left her and many others forced into a life of prostitution. Even worse, Anya's thirteen year old sister is on her own journey to a life of unfulfilled promises and training as a sex slave by the same men that has taken control of Anya's life.
In the story you'll read about Moses giving his heart and soul to another woman, being betrayed by the man that's he's been loyal to for years, traveling to Mexico to save children being forced into a life of prostitution, and fighting alongside a kick-ass, female, tarot-card-tossing assassin.
But most importantly you'll read about Moses being tortured and forced to participate in acts that will forever alter his sense of being. A sense of being that has already been damaged by a past stained with violence, loss and betrayal. And when the book is finished and Anya and her sister have been saved and Moses returns to LA... you won't believe it is over. When the next book in the series is written and the next memory is made... you still won't believe it is over.
That's because for them... it will never be over.
Out There Bad by Josh Stallings is an incredible addition to the Moses McGuire series. And if you ladies didn't fall in love with Moses while reading Beautiful, Naked & Dead, not only will you be in love with him at the end of Out There Bad, you'll be wishing for a part in his next novel as... his savior.
Unfortunately, no matter how much I wanted those dreams to appear, I knew it wasn't gonna happen.
From the beginning, Out There Bad took on a different tone from the first novel in the series. Instead of nights dreaming of my life as a stripper, this second book had me dreaming about my childhood when I was living in Hawaii. The time when I would pray daily that my father would find me and bring me home, and mark each day off a calendar with an X.
Sent to live with relatives after a my father and step-mother divorced - I was under the impression that my time there would be brief and stress free - I was forced to endure many things that are still not spoken of in my family. While reading Out There Bad, the second book in the Moses McGuire series by Josh Stallings, I became painfully aware of just how badly I wanted to be saved during that time. I specifically remember how when the phone call came that my father was making arrangements for me to be on the next flight home... I didn't believe it was over. Even after the plane took flight... I didn't believe it was over.
Thirty years later... it still isn't over.
At the end of Beautiful, Naked & Dead, Moses has taken revenge on the people responsible for brutally murdering the only woman that he truly loved, and he also managed to fall in love and out of love with her twin sister during his quest for vengeance.
When we meet up with Moses again in Out There Bad, he's working the rounds as a bouncer for the same strip club in LA, when he notices odd behavior and suspicious living arrangements with some of the new Russian women that have come to town to play. Soon Moses finds himself out of a job and blowing off some steam at another strip club after a beat down in the parking lot with a customer wanting more than the usual lap dance gets a little rough.
And that's when she walks in. The beautifully seductive, Anya.
Swaying those hips just right on the dance floor leads to some back room levi-lovin' between Anya and Moses. And I'm not quite sure how it happened, but Moses fell in love. And he didn't fall in love with just any girl. Moses fell in love with a woman that has fallen victim to a scam that has left her and many others forced into a life of prostitution. Even worse, Anya's thirteen year old sister is on her own journey to a life of unfulfilled promises and training as a sex slave by the same men that has taken control of Anya's life.
In the story you'll read about Moses giving his heart and soul to another woman, being betrayed by the man that's he's been loyal to for years, traveling to Mexico to save children being forced into a life of prostitution, and fighting alongside a kick-ass, female, tarot-card-tossing assassin.
But most importantly you'll read about Moses being tortured and forced to participate in acts that will forever alter his sense of being. A sense of being that has already been damaged by a past stained with violence, loss and betrayal. And when the book is finished and Anya and her sister have been saved and Moses returns to LA... you won't believe it is over. When the next book in the series is written and the next memory is made... you still won't believe it is over.
That's because for them... it will never be over.
Out There Bad by Josh Stallings is an incredible addition to the Moses McGuire series. And if you ladies didn't fall in love with Moses while reading Beautiful, Naked & Dead, not only will you be in love with him at the end of Out There Bad, you'll be wishing for a part in his next novel as... his savior.
November 3, 2014
I've read enough series crime fiction to know it's probably really tough to write. Once you've penned your first crime novel where do you take your character next? Do you serve your readers up another identical adventure in your next outing? Or do you try to take you character some place different? Or do you do the extremely hard thing and let the plot develop from what's happened to your character so far? For “Out There Bad, his second crime novel featuring ex-marine turned strip club bouncer Moses McGuire, Josh Stallings does just that and I'm so glad he did. Because it makes “Out There Bad” one of the rare sequels that's better than the first novel. That's not faint praise either Stallings' first novel “Beautiful, Naked, and Dead” was a hell of a read.
When “Out There Bad” begins Moses is a changed man because of his experiences in the first novel. He's no longer drinking or suicidal. That doesn't mean he's not haunted by demons though. In “Out There Bad” Moses is wrestling with an invisible monster we all struggle with, loneliness and the desire to be love. He wants to be a better man and he desperately wants to find someone to make him believe that he can become one. He believes he finds such a person when he encounters a Russian stripper who captures his heart and his imagination. Unfortunately for Moses the stripper has been enslaved by ruthless Russian mobsters.
Moses doesn't lead that stop him though. When it comes to love and relationships he's “rescuer” type and he's just as ruthless. I'm a rescuer type as well. So I was hooked. I knew Moses was about to get into a heap of trouble and his temper and penchant for violence was about explode. I was worried about the guy, but I rooted him on and cheered as he went to war.
So Moses enlists the aid of his friend, the Armenian bad-ass Gregor, and goes to war with an arm of the Russian mob. An early victory though turns into a crusade against one of today's most despicable and least talked about crimes, human trafficking. Stallings tackles the problem in a realistic, powerful, and unflinching way. In that way “Out There Bad” reminded me of some of the best novels by Andrew Vacchs.
Stallings should also be applauded for incorporating a lot of new elements into “Out There Bad” and handling all them extremely well. In “Beautiful, Naked, and Dead” the author took you all over California and Vegas. In “Out There Bad” you begin things in Moses' rough and tumble corner of Los Angeles, but Stallings expands the scope and scale of things by making them international. The book features chilling and realistic feeling depictions of Russia and Mexico as well.
The writer also does some great new work with point of view. All of “Beautiful, Naked and Dead” is told from Moses' point of view. The bulk of “Out There Bad” is still told from Moses' point of view, but Stallings also works in other compelling perspectives as well like that of a scared thirteen year old Russian girl and a vicious razor wielding assassin out to snuff the life of anyone who profits from the sexual exploitation of women.
Stallings takes all those elements and blends them together to serve up a rip roaring, powerful, bloody, and haunting sophomore crime novel. It's also wrapped up in a great way where every character pays the price for their actions. Some series writers would hit the reset button at the end of their second novel, but Stallings isn't interested in going back to the status quo and I'm glad. It made his second novel better than his stellar debut novel. I can't wait to see where he takes Moses McGuire next.
January 17, 2013
Okay I admit. I messed up.
This is the VERY first time I read a book series and not in the right order.
So what? Sue me, you won't get paid, lol! No but I will provide you with a great book review anyway. (Like I always do).
I came across this awesome author, Josh Stallings on Goodreads.com and I asked myself, "Why haven't I heard of this guy?" So when I saw his latest novel, Out There Bad getting rave reviews, I purchased this book on my Kindle. Then I noticed that there was another book before this one, Beautiful, Naked & Dead. Not that this book is a sequel, it just tells the story of the main character Moses McGuire.
Moses McGuire. Where do I begin? If you know me, I absolutely cannot stand spoiler alerts, so we don't do that here at TIS. But I will tell you this, Moses McGuire is a former Marine, turned bouncer of strip clubs. He has major connections in the dirty underground world of crime, will kick anyone's ass who gets in his way and is a ginger haired big guy with a big heart. Sometimes soft, most times cold.
The story is set in Los Angeles, San Diego and the grittiest streets of Tijuana, Mexico. After meeting Anya, a beautiful young Russian woman who trances Moses into trouble, he sets out with his just as equally big sidekick, Gregor to hunt for a missing Russian thirteen year old girl. Nika, who is thrown into the woes of sex trafficking, is the innocent younger sister of Anya. It seems as if Moses just so happens to "luck" up on these encounters in the places he vowed not step foot in again, strip clubs.
The characterization of all the antagonists including pimps, vigilantes, Russian mobsters and snitches in Mexico, makes this hard-boiled crime novel a fast page turner. I read this book in one week, on the train on my way to work. I am familiar with Southern California and Tijuana from my former Navy days and was able to relate to the vividly descriptive scenes down to the dirty smell of fear, danger and yes booze (no more drinking for me though).
I am going to read & review the first book, Beautiful, Naked & Dead and let you know my thoughts.
This is the VERY first time I read a book series and not in the right order.
So what? Sue me, you won't get paid, lol! No but I will provide you with a great book review anyway. (Like I always do).
I came across this awesome author, Josh Stallings on Goodreads.com and I asked myself, "Why haven't I heard of this guy?" So when I saw his latest novel, Out There Bad getting rave reviews, I purchased this book on my Kindle. Then I noticed that there was another book before this one, Beautiful, Naked & Dead. Not that this book is a sequel, it just tells the story of the main character Moses McGuire.
Moses McGuire. Where do I begin? If you know me, I absolutely cannot stand spoiler alerts, so we don't do that here at TIS. But I will tell you this, Moses McGuire is a former Marine, turned bouncer of strip clubs. He has major connections in the dirty underground world of crime, will kick anyone's ass who gets in his way and is a ginger haired big guy with a big heart. Sometimes soft, most times cold.
The story is set in Los Angeles, San Diego and the grittiest streets of Tijuana, Mexico. After meeting Anya, a beautiful young Russian woman who trances Moses into trouble, he sets out with his just as equally big sidekick, Gregor to hunt for a missing Russian thirteen year old girl. Nika, who is thrown into the woes of sex trafficking, is the innocent younger sister of Anya. It seems as if Moses just so happens to "luck" up on these encounters in the places he vowed not step foot in again, strip clubs.
The characterization of all the antagonists including pimps, vigilantes, Russian mobsters and snitches in Mexico, makes this hard-boiled crime novel a fast page turner. I read this book in one week, on the train on my way to work. I am familiar with Southern California and Tijuana from my former Navy days and was able to relate to the vividly descriptive scenes down to the dirty smell of fear, danger and yes booze (no more drinking for me though).
I am going to read & review the first book, Beautiful, Naked & Dead and let you know my thoughts.
March 11, 2014
The second installment of the Moses McGuire series, Out There Bad, takes a step in a different direction. Stallings is a great storyteller. His affinity for seedier things in life does not strike of someone who is intrigued by smut and crime, so much as someone who was once intimately embedded in it.
Moses is a great character. Aging tough guy whose class warrior roots bleed through the narrative, not so much to cast judgement on white collar folks, but to reify that their emptiness is the same as everyone else's; they only have the means/funds to hide it better.
While Out There Bad addresses the issue of sex trafficking, Stallings does not write your standard morality tale. Wrong is wrong and Moses certainly lives by a code, but like any of us, he's prone to making easy decisions in times of weakness, despite easy decisions often being wrong decisions.
Taking the hard road throughout this particular novel, Moses shows his flaws but his dignity and respect for who are screwed from day one motivate him to protect those who cannot defend themselves.
I'm looking forward to the third installment and certainly hope it's not his last.
Moses is a great character. Aging tough guy whose class warrior roots bleed through the narrative, not so much to cast judgement on white collar folks, but to reify that their emptiness is the same as everyone else's; they only have the means/funds to hide it better.
While Out There Bad addresses the issue of sex trafficking, Stallings does not write your standard morality tale. Wrong is wrong and Moses certainly lives by a code, but like any of us, he's prone to making easy decisions in times of weakness, despite easy decisions often being wrong decisions.
Taking the hard road throughout this particular novel, Moses shows his flaws but his dignity and respect for who are screwed from day one motivate him to protect those who cannot defend themselves.
I'm looking forward to the third installment and certainly hope it's not his last.
June 28, 2011
It’s hard to write Noir in a series. By definition, it ends badly, especially for the main character. In Josh Stallings latest work, Out There Bad, he makes it work.
Moses McGuire is again pulled in by a pretty face and bad circumstance. In this hellish ride, he runs afoul of everyone except the Boy Scouts.
On display as well is Stallings growth as a writer. He manages multiple viewpoints and characters without losing focus on Moses. The action is a cross between Charlie Huston’s gritty and Lee Child’s sensational. My only story gripe is the potential loss of secondary series characters.
Overall, I heartily enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next installment of the Moses McGuire saga.
Moses McGuire is again pulled in by a pretty face and bad circumstance. In this hellish ride, he runs afoul of everyone except the Boy Scouts.
On display as well is Stallings growth as a writer. He manages multiple viewpoints and characters without losing focus on Moses. The action is a cross between Charlie Huston’s gritty and Lee Child’s sensational. My only story gripe is the potential loss of secondary series characters.
Overall, I heartily enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next installment of the Moses McGuire saga.
June 29, 2014
Out There Bad is an action-packed, noir thrill-ride that I absolutely loved. Admittedly, I thought it started a little slow and I wasn't liking it as much as I liked the first Mcquire book Beautiful, Naked and Dead. Once the action ramped up, though, and believe me there's plenty of action in this book, it got wild and crazy. Moses is one tough SOB and the crew he collects on the way to rescuing a trafficked Russian girl are just as tough and even crazier. They will drag you along for an insane ride whether you want to or not. This is a really good book from a great writer and I highly recommend it to crime and action fans alike.
June 23, 2013
This is the second book about our friend Moses, if you don't know who he is read the first book!
Our favorite bad boy with a heart of gol.... well bronze, has found another way to die other then suicide, death by any on of the mobs, covert agencies, a serial killer and some border baditos (probably miss one or twenty other individual).
If you liked the first installment then you will dig this one! Moses is on a West Coast rampage!
Our favorite bad boy with a heart of gol.... well bronze, has found another way to die other then suicide, death by any on of the mobs, covert agencies, a serial killer and some border baditos (probably miss one or twenty other individual).
If you liked the first installment then you will dig this one! Moses is on a West Coast rampage!
January 22, 2015
Spectacular!!!
This is one shoot'em up that keeps you on the edge of your seat from the word go.I just love Moses.Every woman needs a Moses,a man who knows what is fair and sometimes you have to cross the line.This is such a really good story,that it makes you miss those old black and white movies,where the good guy sometimes has to become the.bad guy.This will definitely be in the re-read pile,not to mention it will be one I recommend to my friends.
This is one shoot'em up that keeps you on the edge of your seat from the word go.I just love Moses.Every woman needs a Moses,a man who knows what is fair and sometimes you have to cross the line.This is such a really good story,that it makes you miss those old black and white movies,where the good guy sometimes has to become the.bad guy.This will definitely be in the re-read pile,not to mention it will be one I recommend to my friends.
October 13, 2011
This book was amazing! Engaging, interesting, different. I couldnt put it down! Complete with rather shocking plot twists, it will keep you on the edge of your seat. The first few chapters are confusing, as two characters speak in first person. Don't let that stop you. This one is definitely worth a read.
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