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THE LOW END OF NOWHERE.
Bounty hunter Streeter is a string of exes… ex-linebacker, ex-accountant, ex-bouncer, and four-time ex-husband … who excels at exacting his own brand of justice… with explosive results. "Michael Stone works the hard-boiled genre conventions with the insouciance of an old pro. Streeter is an eye-catcher" - New York Times Streeter is hired by the scheming woman he nailed for insurance fraud to go after her dead boyfriend’s stash of drug money… and has to single-handedly face off against a greedy, violent pack of lowlifes and sociopaths killing their way to the big score.
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Michael Stone
5 books8 followersMichael Stone has been a private investigator in Denver, Colorado, for the last eleven years and has written three other Streeter mysteries, including The Low End of Nowhere, a Shamus Award nominee
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May 20, 2017
This is a very entertaining hard-boiled novel featuring a skip tracer/bounty hunter who goes by the name of Streeter. He's a former football player, bouncer and accountant with four ex-wives. He lives and works out of a room in a former church in Denver and tries to maintain as low a profile as possible while working principally for a bail bondsman named Frank Dazzler who also has his home and office in the church.
As the book opens, Streeter is in pursuit of a very sexy woman named Story Moffatt. She's the hard-charging owner of an advertising agency, and she's claiming debilitating injuries suffered in an accident. She's hoping to cash in on a big insurance settlement, but her plans go down the tubes when Streeter snaps pictures of her playing a mean game of squash with no apparent difficulty at all.
Story is disappointed, of course, but she's also a realist. And she could use a man like Streeter. Her boyfriend, a realtor and drug dealer, has recently died in a car crash. His will left everything to Story and she knows that he had a huge stash of cash concealed somewhere. She's been unable to find it but figures that someone as resourceful as Streeter might be able to get the job done. She offers him a third of whatever he can find.
Streeter agrees. The problem is that he and Story are not the only ones looking for the missing loot. Also on the hunt are an impossibly sleazy lawyer, his scheming and sexy receptionist/girlfriend, the lawyer's thuggish "investigators," and a seriously bent cop.
It's a great cast of characters and Stone really puts them through their paces. The story moves along swiftly and there's plenty of action along with a fair bit of wry humor. This book should appeal to readers who enjoy authors like Elmore Leonard and Tom Kakonis--all in all, a very pleasant way to spend a long evening.
As the book opens, Streeter is in pursuit of a very sexy woman named Story Moffatt. She's the hard-charging owner of an advertising agency, and she's claiming debilitating injuries suffered in an accident. She's hoping to cash in on a big insurance settlement, but her plans go down the tubes when Streeter snaps pictures of her playing a mean game of squash with no apparent difficulty at all.
Story is disappointed, of course, but she's also a realist. And she could use a man like Streeter. Her boyfriend, a realtor and drug dealer, has recently died in a car crash. His will left everything to Story and she knows that he had a huge stash of cash concealed somewhere. She's been unable to find it but figures that someone as resourceful as Streeter might be able to get the job done. She offers him a third of whatever he can find.
Streeter agrees. The problem is that he and Story are not the only ones looking for the missing loot. Also on the hunt are an impossibly sleazy lawyer, his scheming and sexy receptionist/girlfriend, the lawyer's thuggish "investigators," and a seriously bent cop.
It's a great cast of characters and Stone really puts them through their paces. The story moves along swiftly and there's plenty of action along with a fair bit of wry humor. This book should appeal to readers who enjoy authors like Elmore Leonard and Tom Kakonis--all in all, a very pleasant way to spend a long evening.
February 13, 2016
"Swanson had sniffed around on his own but came up empty. So he called a friend who knew Streeter-a bounty hunter, of all things. The adjuster didn't even know these guys still existed. "Bounty Hunter" sounded a tad theatrical, but Streeter made his living tracking down people who posted bail and then couldn't seem to find the courthouse at the appropriate time. He worked alone...."
Streeter is a bounty hunter, when he's not finding other ways to earn money. One side job lands him in the sights of a shifty woman named Story. Story has a job for him if he's willing. She thinks Doug, her now dead boyfriend, may have left some assets behind. Being a realtor and a drug dealer, Doug may have not left it in an obvious place.
Streeter is tough and secretive, with a past he doesn't wish to share. Four ex wives and a death in his background. He doesn't tell anyone anything, from where he lives to what his real name is. If he agrees to Story's deal she's willing to give him a cut. He believes little of what he's told and strikes his own deal.
On the other side of this story are Doug's former lawyer Cooper, and his associates. Others are looking for the same thing. Cooper is desperate and sets off a chain of events that can't be undone. Is there any money? Did Doug leave anything or is it a wild goose chase? Who will die and who will walk away with something in the end?
Characters are written in a way that reminds me of the television show "Justified," and the character of "Raylan Givens" by Elmore Leonard. It's also along the lines of the "Jesse Stone" series by Robert B. Parker. A steady paced story with an acceptable ending. Interesting enough to warrant future looks into Streeter and his doings.
Thank you Brash Books,
August 17, 2019
The Low End Of Nowhere is an enjoyable, fast paced novel featuring a bounty hunter named Streeter. He’s an interesting character that vaguely reminds one of Elvis Cole or Spenser. But only vaguely, mind you, as Michael Stone has constructed something sufficiently unique to stand up to comparison.
In any event, the story unfolds quickly enough and contains several well written characters, including a dirty cop, a despicable lawyer, a seriously menacing criminal, and a couple of attractive but clearly flawed females. All of these people intersect with Streeter at various points and serve to advance the story.
There are some niggling complaints that I had while reading (e.g., Streeter’s shoulders becoming tired from holding a .38 pistol on a target for a brief time— he’s a big, strong, weightlifting guy and such a handgun is pretty small & lightweight; or a deadly fight conveniently concluding with no injuries to our hero), but for the most part, this was a pleasant surprise. Stone has some more of this character in a series and I might just follow this one up with another some time.
In any event, the story unfolds quickly enough and contains several well written characters, including a dirty cop, a despicable lawyer, a seriously menacing criminal, and a couple of attractive but clearly flawed females. All of these people intersect with Streeter at various points and serve to advance the story.
There are some niggling complaints that I had while reading (e.g., Streeter’s shoulders becoming tired from holding a .38 pistol on a target for a brief time— he’s a big, strong, weightlifting guy and such a handgun is pretty small & lightweight; or a deadly fight conveniently concluding with no injuries to our hero), but for the most part, this was a pleasant surprise. Stone has some more of this character in a series and I might just follow this one up with another some time.
May 21, 2017
Shades of John D. MacDonald and Elmore Leonard
Streeter, working out of the Denver area, isn't quite a Travis McGee or a Raylan Givens but he's a sharp bounty hunter that loves the ladies (after being married four times and almost married another three).
He's hired by Story (yes, that's her name), an advertising exec who is rather unscrupulous, to find the money she says her dead druggie boyfriend left to her in his will. The only problem is that MANY others think they are entitled to this money including thugs, a crooked cop, and a crookeder attorney.
Streeter finds that this isn't a slam-dunk job as he gets shot at and people start dying off around him.
This was a quick read, noirish and feeling like an old-fashioned detective novel...and that's a good thing. Snappy dialogue and unusual characters make this first book in the Streeter series a load of fun to read. I'm now off to read the second book in the series - "A Long Reach: A Streeter Thriller."
Streeter, working out of the Denver area, isn't quite a Travis McGee or a Raylan Givens but he's a sharp bounty hunter that loves the ladies (after being married four times and almost married another three).
He's hired by Story (yes, that's her name), an advertising exec who is rather unscrupulous, to find the money she says her dead druggie boyfriend left to her in his will. The only problem is that MANY others think they are entitled to this money including thugs, a crooked cop, and a crookeder attorney.
Streeter finds that this isn't a slam-dunk job as he gets shot at and people start dying off around him.
This was a quick read, noirish and feeling like an old-fashioned detective novel...and that's a good thing. Snappy dialogue and unusual characters make this first book in the Streeter series a load of fun to read. I'm now off to read the second book in the series - "A Long Reach: A Streeter Thriller."
December 23, 2020
More fun than you would expect
Streeter is an unlicensed PI who works for various attorneys in Denver and also as a skip tracer for a local bondsman. He is living off the grid and intends to continue to do so. A local attorney is scamming his criminally charged clients and has two ‘investigators’ working for him who consider homicide an acceptable way to keep a witness from testifying. Put them all together in an updated pulp fiction novel and you’re sure to run across tough guys, bimbos and bad doers galore. Thanks to Brash Books for an e-galley for an honest review.
Streeter is an unlicensed PI who works for various attorneys in Denver and also as a skip tracer for a local bondsman. He is living off the grid and intends to continue to do so. A local attorney is scamming his criminally charged clients and has two ‘investigators’ working for him who consider homicide an acceptable way to keep a witness from testifying. Put them all together in an updated pulp fiction novel and you’re sure to run across tough guys, bimbos and bad doers galore. Thanks to Brash Books for an e-galley for an honest review.
May 1, 2025
review of
Michael Stone's The Low End of Nowhere
by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - April 30, 2025
When I was 14, one of my best friends was a guy named Mike Stone. We both had what passed for long hair at the time in our era, down past our ears. I remember going out w/ him at night, he'd be drinking Southern Comfort & smoking cigarettes - he'd offer them to me, I didn't want them, he never pressured me, he accepted my abstinence. He was the only friend I ever had who 'had my back': One time when we were outside in the courtyard in Junior High School for lunch someone threw a firecracker. My French teacher grabbed me & forced into the school b/c he thought I was the one who did it. He was trying to force me into the French classrm & berating me. I'm sure my protestations of innocence were futile. Mike came along & got between me & the teacher & got the teacher to leave me alone. Mike was a somewhat big guy & probably intimidating to the teacher. His defense of me took courage & I appreciated it. Not long after, something happened that separated us, maybe his father moved to a further away neighborhood. We only saw each other one more time by accident when I was wandering an alleyway & came upon him sitting on the steps to his backyard. He told me that he'd gotten in trouble w/ the law & that they'd sentenced him to attend the military school out in the country. It was b/c of the importance of this memory to me that 2 titles by Michael Stone in one of my local bkstores caught my attn. I looked to see if it might be the same long lost friend but, no, this author was born something like 13 yrs later, no connection. I decided to get the 2 bks anyway. I hope that my friend has had a better life than what he was headed for when last I saw him.
Whenever I'm reading just about anything serious, as I have been lately, if I have a crime fiction bk laying nearby I look at it longingly as something to read that'll help me escape from what I'm reading, something easy. That was the case here. As soon as I started reading this, every other bk went to the wayside b/c it was so easy to engage w/. It's also easy to review b/c I usually take so few notes w/ crime fiction. W/ this one I only selected 6 excerpts to quote.
Chapter one's 1st paragraph did the typical setting-the-scene:
"Grundy Dopps, a sour-looking little pinch of white trash, waddled out of his trailer that morning somehow knowing it wasn't going to be his day. Unfortunately, this was one of those rare times that his intuition was right. His hay fever was killing him. An angry tumor of phlegm festered behind a nose that was rubbed so raw, it felt like he'd been wiping it with steel wool. The midday heat pushed the thermometer in his toolshed up past ninety-five. Everything was turned around. It wasn't supposed to be so hot this early in June, and the tree pollen wasn't supposed to be so thick this late in the season. Not in Colorado." - p 1
It's the "white trash" that caught my attn. I don't like stereotyping. I wondered whether there'd be plenty of negative stereotyping in this bk. There is. Almost every person is described in negative stereotyping. The hero is a bounty hunter & his friend is a bail bondsman. Usually, in any realistic story w/ such characters, a bounty hunter & a bail bondsman are likely to be presented as brutal & greedy. In this case, they aren't - but pretty much everyone else is. & the stereotypes keep on comin'. Stereotypes establish the nastiness of characters as bigots.
"Max Herman sat squirming across the desk from his lawyer. Max had already had his shot in life. Clearly he'd blown it. Here he was, all of forty-three, and he'd pissed away more than most men ever had. Ten years earlier, the American dream was his. A beautiful wife, two daughters, a plumbing supply business that grossed him nearly a hundred and a half a year, and a cool one-ninety-four bowling average. Within a few years, it was sliding fast, and by the time he was forty it was gone. In its place was a cocaine Jones that cost over a grand a week, a twenty-three-year-old Mexican girlfriend with a prison teardrop tattoo, and his two daughters in therapy—neither of whom would talk to a daddy who was over a year behind in his support payments." - p 17
Max's lawyer is one of the central villains, absolutely thieving & unscrupulous.
"["]For God's sake, Maxwell, I and my staff will be holed up here for most of the weekend working on your suppression hearing."
"Fat chance. Cooper and Ronnie had reservations at a bed-and-breakfast near Vail for the weekend. Neither he nor "staff" would be within a hundred miles of the office or Max's files." - p 20
What can I say? The descriptions are pure hard-boiled detective story, a style long established.. but I enjoyed it anyway.
"She wore orange polyester slacks tight enough to render her childless and stood in the doorway with a cigarette in her right hand, the elbow braced against her side. Her left forearm ran across her waist in front, with that hand holding the right elbow for support. She looked fragile, like one solid belch would cause her to fall apart." - p 59
There're 2 killers in the employ of the lawyer.
"He didn't want to let Jacky get too near the women. Soyko was bad enough in that department, but Jacky was pretty much out of control. Neither man appeared to really like women, and they never had girlfriends. But Jacky seemed to genuinely hate the gender. Women knew it, too. The only ones he was ever with were hookers, and even then he had to pay a premium for his bent desires. Not that Soyko was much better. His idea of romance consisted of a drunkern, doggy-style roll on the couch with some dim-witted trailer-park bimbo. He'd usually keep his shirt and socks on, and he never spent the night. But at least he could talk to a woman without scaring the hell out of her." - p 73
We get to the title:
""I hear you, but be careful," Frank said with a dismal smile as he struggled to get up from the deak. The Scotch had taken its toll. "You're heading into the low end of nowhere with these people. They're poison, all of them. I don't want to have to break in a new skip tracer and get a new tenant for that loft of yours."" - p 132
Well, w/o giving too much away, there's plenty of comeuppance & the wealth gets more or less satisfactorily distributed. Some people even turn out to be moderately pleasant. I was engrossed, I enjoyed it, it was a breeze to read in contrast to everything I was reading at the time.
Michael Stone's The Low End of Nowhere
by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - April 30, 2025
When I was 14, one of my best friends was a guy named Mike Stone. We both had what passed for long hair at the time in our era, down past our ears. I remember going out w/ him at night, he'd be drinking Southern Comfort & smoking cigarettes - he'd offer them to me, I didn't want them, he never pressured me, he accepted my abstinence. He was the only friend I ever had who 'had my back': One time when we were outside in the courtyard in Junior High School for lunch someone threw a firecracker. My French teacher grabbed me & forced into the school b/c he thought I was the one who did it. He was trying to force me into the French classrm & berating me. I'm sure my protestations of innocence were futile. Mike came along & got between me & the teacher & got the teacher to leave me alone. Mike was a somewhat big guy & probably intimidating to the teacher. His defense of me took courage & I appreciated it. Not long after, something happened that separated us, maybe his father moved to a further away neighborhood. We only saw each other one more time by accident when I was wandering an alleyway & came upon him sitting on the steps to his backyard. He told me that he'd gotten in trouble w/ the law & that they'd sentenced him to attend the military school out in the country. It was b/c of the importance of this memory to me that 2 titles by Michael Stone in one of my local bkstores caught my attn. I looked to see if it might be the same long lost friend but, no, this author was born something like 13 yrs later, no connection. I decided to get the 2 bks anyway. I hope that my friend has had a better life than what he was headed for when last I saw him.
Whenever I'm reading just about anything serious, as I have been lately, if I have a crime fiction bk laying nearby I look at it longingly as something to read that'll help me escape from what I'm reading, something easy. That was the case here. As soon as I started reading this, every other bk went to the wayside b/c it was so easy to engage w/. It's also easy to review b/c I usually take so few notes w/ crime fiction. W/ this one I only selected 6 excerpts to quote.
Chapter one's 1st paragraph did the typical setting-the-scene:
"Grundy Dopps, a sour-looking little pinch of white trash, waddled out of his trailer that morning somehow knowing it wasn't going to be his day. Unfortunately, this was one of those rare times that his intuition was right. His hay fever was killing him. An angry tumor of phlegm festered behind a nose that was rubbed so raw, it felt like he'd been wiping it with steel wool. The midday heat pushed the thermometer in his toolshed up past ninety-five. Everything was turned around. It wasn't supposed to be so hot this early in June, and the tree pollen wasn't supposed to be so thick this late in the season. Not in Colorado." - p 1
It's the "white trash" that caught my attn. I don't like stereotyping. I wondered whether there'd be plenty of negative stereotyping in this bk. There is. Almost every person is described in negative stereotyping. The hero is a bounty hunter & his friend is a bail bondsman. Usually, in any realistic story w/ such characters, a bounty hunter & a bail bondsman are likely to be presented as brutal & greedy. In this case, they aren't - but pretty much everyone else is. & the stereotypes keep on comin'. Stereotypes establish the nastiness of characters as bigots.
"Max Herman sat squirming across the desk from his lawyer. Max had already had his shot in life. Clearly he'd blown it. Here he was, all of forty-three, and he'd pissed away more than most men ever had. Ten years earlier, the American dream was his. A beautiful wife, two daughters, a plumbing supply business that grossed him nearly a hundred and a half a year, and a cool one-ninety-four bowling average. Within a few years, it was sliding fast, and by the time he was forty it was gone. In its place was a cocaine Jones that cost over a grand a week, a twenty-three-year-old Mexican girlfriend with a prison teardrop tattoo, and his two daughters in therapy—neither of whom would talk to a daddy who was over a year behind in his support payments." - p 17
Max's lawyer is one of the central villains, absolutely thieving & unscrupulous.
"["]For God's sake, Maxwell, I and my staff will be holed up here for most of the weekend working on your suppression hearing."
"Fat chance. Cooper and Ronnie had reservations at a bed-and-breakfast near Vail for the weekend. Neither he nor "staff" would be within a hundred miles of the office or Max's files." - p 20
What can I say? The descriptions are pure hard-boiled detective story, a style long established.. but I enjoyed it anyway.
"She wore orange polyester slacks tight enough to render her childless and stood in the doorway with a cigarette in her right hand, the elbow braced against her side. Her left forearm ran across her waist in front, with that hand holding the right elbow for support. She looked fragile, like one solid belch would cause her to fall apart." - p 59
There're 2 killers in the employ of the lawyer.
"He didn't want to let Jacky get too near the women. Soyko was bad enough in that department, but Jacky was pretty much out of control. Neither man appeared to really like women, and they never had girlfriends. But Jacky seemed to genuinely hate the gender. Women knew it, too. The only ones he was ever with were hookers, and even then he had to pay a premium for his bent desires. Not that Soyko was much better. His idea of romance consisted of a drunkern, doggy-style roll on the couch with some dim-witted trailer-park bimbo. He'd usually keep his shirt and socks on, and he never spent the night. But at least he could talk to a woman without scaring the hell out of her." - p 73
We get to the title:
""I hear you, but be careful," Frank said with a dismal smile as he struggled to get up from the deak. The Scotch had taken its toll. "You're heading into the low end of nowhere with these people. They're poison, all of them. I don't want to have to break in a new skip tracer and get a new tenant for that loft of yours."" - p 132
Well, w/o giving too much away, there's plenty of comeuppance & the wealth gets more or less satisfactorily distributed. Some people even turn out to be moderately pleasant. I was engrossed, I enjoyed it, it was a breeze to read in contrast to everything I was reading at the time.
April 11, 2015
Here is book written in the style of years gone by. Detective work without the Heckler and Koch or the Sig Sauer P239. No sophisticated illegal technical devices for spying, phone tapping or hidden cameras. Instead just a good read of believable circumstances and a cast of characters plucked from everyday life. A reader need only watch the newscasts of the current times to tag the characters, the corrupt cop, the less than honest lawyer and the thugs serving as enforcers. And like an old Coasters song “then along came Jones”. In this case Jones is actually a guy named Streeter who assumes the role of PI. A refreshing break from the usual barely believable tactics of private eye crime solvers and a fast paced story keeps the reader engaged making it a five star book for this reviewer.
January 4, 2016
Streeter, bounty hunter in Denver, Colorado takes pictures of a beautiful woman wearing a cervical collar in order to prove an insurance company's case of fraud. Not long after, the same woman hires Streeter to find some hidden money that her dead fiancee willed to her. An unscrupulous lawyer is after the same money and he has two sadistic henchmen who work for him. And let's not forget the crooked cop who wants the money too. All these people are on a collision course.
I like the main character Streeter. He's no bumbling Stephanie Plum, but he's not in the category of a Jack Reacher yet. However, I see lots of potential for his future.
I like the main character Streeter. He's no bumbling Stephanie Plum, but he's not in the category of a Jack Reacher yet. However, I see lots of potential for his future.
April 24, 2015
PROTAGONIST: PI Streeter
SETTING: Denver, Colorado
SERIES: #1 of 4
RATING: 3.0
WHY: Streeter is a PI in Denver, CO, who usually does skip tracing and insurance scam jobs. As a result of one of those cases, he is hired by a woman named Story Moffatt who is trying to find the money her boyfriend Doug bequeathed to her. He had a high living lifestyle but his effects are meager. Doug's scheming lawyer is also after the loot. This was quite an average book with a plot that wasn't particularly engrossing and characters that weren't very developed.
SETTING: Denver, Colorado
SERIES: #1 of 4
RATING: 3.0
WHY: Streeter is a PI in Denver, CO, who usually does skip tracing and insurance scam jobs. As a result of one of those cases, he is hired by a woman named Story Moffatt who is trying to find the money her boyfriend Doug bequeathed to her. He had a high living lifestyle but his effects are meager. Doug's scheming lawyer is also after the loot. This was quite an average book with a plot that wasn't particularly engrossing and characters that weren't very developed.
July 6, 2016
An interesting thriller with no end of bad guys. Streeter, the main character is a combination of good genes and bad luck. All the characters are damaged goods, which makes the entire story more credible. There are many twists and turn in the plot as competing groups attempt to find the stash of wealth left by a highly successful drug dealer, who was killed in an auto accident. Having lived in Denver I particularly enjoyed the accurate descriptions of the area and the role they played in the story. This is the first Streeter thriller, but it definitely won't be my last.
October 23, 2008
THE LOW END OF NOWHERE - Okay
Stone, Michael - 1st of series
Hired by a voluptuous advertising executive to find a stash of money that was hidden by her late drug-dealing boyfriend, Denver investigator Streeter finds a competitor in a corrupt attorney.
I'd say the title says is all. Hated the characters. The story wasn't bad, but I'll not read another by Stone.
Stone, Michael - 1st of series
Hired by a voluptuous advertising executive to find a stash of money that was hidden by her late drug-dealing boyfriend, Denver investigator Streeter finds a competitor in a corrupt attorney.
I'd say the title says is all. Hated the characters. The story wasn't bad, but I'll not read another by Stone.
November 29, 2014
I stumbled onto this book looking for new authors and I'm glad I did. This was a great read. The plot was original and well written and the characters were great. Streeter is a tough guy with a big heart.
If you are looking for a great mystery with great characters I highly recommend thus book. I will definitely be looking for more books by this author.
If you are looking for a great mystery with great characters I highly recommend thus book. I will definitely be looking for more books by this author.
May 14, 2019
Great characters.
I loved Streeter and Story. They are definitely not your average people. The is a fast paced book with action and likeable characters.
I loved Streeter and Story. They are definitely not your average people. The is a fast paced book with action and likeable characters.
January 27, 2020
I can't believe it took me this long to discover this series. A great story with excellent characters. I enjoyed this thoroughly, from start to finish. I love it when an author can make the bad guys slimy and despicable, yet not go to over the top to make them that way. That's just what we have here.
Streeter, the bounty hunter, private eye is hired by the very same woman that he proved was committing insurance fraud. She want's her dead lovers illegal drug money, and what ever else he had. Also in on the hunt is a corrupt cop. A lecherous lawyer with his two killer investigators. Add his secretary/ girlfriend who is having second thoughts about the whole affair. The kind, but not weak Streeter, and we have a top notch modern noir classic.
Streeter, the bounty hunter, private eye is hired by the very same woman that he proved was committing insurance fraud. She want's her dead lovers illegal drug money, and what ever else he had. Also in on the hunt is a corrupt cop. A lecherous lawyer with his two killer investigators. Add his secretary/ girlfriend who is having second thoughts about the whole affair. The kind, but not weak Streeter, and we have a top notch modern noir classic.
May 18, 2019
I'm pretty much a total fan of crime noir, mystery, with a heavy dash of suspense to even it up.
Add in a lot of characters at cross purposes and snappy one-liners, and top it off with a main character who's hard not to love, and here it is! The first of the "Streeter" novels, one which propels me to find more to read.
Fun entertainment, better than most TV shows, and certainly no commercials! I really enjoyed this book.
Add in a lot of characters at cross purposes and snappy one-liners, and top it off with a main character who's hard not to love, and here it is! The first of the "Streeter" novels, one which propels me to find more to read.
Fun entertainment, better than most TV shows, and certainly no commercials! I really enjoyed this book.
November 10, 2017
Slow to start but worth it!
At first, I was a little skeptical that this was going to be a good book because the beginning was a bit slow to start for me, but I’m glad I kept reading. Loved the colorful cast of characters and how they fit into the story and contributed to it. Highly recommend this one for a quick read!
At first, I was a little skeptical that this was going to be a good book because the beginning was a bit slow to start for me, but I’m glad I kept reading. Loved the colorful cast of characters and how they fit into the story and contributed to it. Highly recommend this one for a quick read!
June 14, 2019
Too funny to put down
I got this book from ereaderdaily. The books on there are hit and miss so I didn't know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised when turned out to be a homerun. The characters and the story had me looking a bit crazy to outsiders with my continuous fits of laughing in public while reading. The author did a great job.
I got this book from ereaderdaily. The books on there are hit and miss so I didn't know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised when turned out to be a homerun. The characters and the story had me looking a bit crazy to outsiders with my continuous fits of laughing in public while reading. The author did a great job.
June 4, 2020
Fairly predictable storyline
There were no surprise twist anywhere in the book. The hero wasn't terrible but also not someone with whom I would want to hang out. The love interest was a terrible bitch with absolutely no redeeming qualities. I finished the book but don't see myself reading another Streeter novel.
There were no surprise twist anywhere in the book. The hero wasn't terrible but also not someone with whom I would want to hang out. The love interest was a terrible bitch with absolutely no redeeming qualities. I finished the book but don't see myself reading another Streeter novel.
December 21, 2021
Streeter is a big bully of a detective/bounty hunter in Denver, Colorado. This story introduces him and his idiosyncrasies. He shares many of the characteristics of Doolittle's Tom Bethany. The story itself wasn't my favorite but I think this Streeter guy has some better stories in his future and I plan to keep an eye out for his adventures.
May 8, 2019
Very satisfying read, hard to put down.
Hard nosed skiptracer Streeter is is the center piece of a wonderful cast of outrageous character. Well worth the price & your time. I want more for sure.
Hard nosed skiptracer Streeter is is the center piece of a wonderful cast of outrageous character. Well worth the price & your time. I want more for sure.
May 11, 2019
Keeps You Reading
As you get deeper into this book you don't want to put it down. Streeter is quite a person to be reckoned with. The book keeps you reading long after you should have gone to bed.
As you get deeper into this book you don't want to put it down. Streeter is quite a person to be reckoned with. The book keeps you reading long after you should have gone to bed.
May 14, 2019
Gritty mystery thriller
Stone's characters, plot, and prose remind of Elmore Leonard. An excellent book! Definitely kept me enthralled to the end. Can't wait to read his other books!
Stone's characters, plot, and prose remind of Elmore Leonard. An excellent book! Definitely kept me enthralled to the end. Can't wait to read his other books!
May 16, 2019
HARDBOILED ACTION
This book had a straightforward storyline. The characters were very predictable and fit their roles nicely. The action was well paced and it was the best part of the book.
This book had a straightforward storyline. The characters were very predictable and fit their roles nicely. The action was well paced and it was the best part of the book.
December 26, 2019
Nice story
I’ll admit during parts I got to thinking huh what is going on when is this going to make sense. But I kept going and surprise it grabbed my attention and suddenly l couldn’t stop reading. I ended up really enjoying this book.
I’ll admit during parts I got to thinking huh what is going on when is this going to make sense. But I kept going and surprise it grabbed my attention and suddenly l couldn’t stop reading. I ended up really enjoying this book.
February 20, 2025
Great characters
A great read! His characters have very amusing names. He does not suddenly stick a fantasy ending that comes out of nowhere and has little to do with the story’s clues.
A great read! His characters have very amusing names. He does not suddenly stick a fantasy ending that comes out of nowhere and has little to do with the story’s clues.
May 6, 2019
Profanity
Another author who cannot seem to master the English language without groveling in verbiage that degrades an demoralize. I did finish this book.
Another author who cannot seem to master the English language without groveling in verbiage that degrades an demoralize. I did finish this book.
May 10, 2019
Good Read
This is a well written, fast moving novel. I will be looking for more from Michael Stone in the future.
This is a well written, fast moving novel. I will be looking for more from Michael Stone in the future.
May 15, 2019
Good read
Good plot, believable characters and an enjoyable read. Read over several evenings and looked forward each day to resuming the book.
Good plot, believable characters and an enjoyable read. Read over several evenings and looked forward each day to resuming the book.
August 20, 2019
Not at the top of the list
Since I finished the book, it qualifies for more than one star. Reading the story was pretty much an utter waste of my time.
Since I finished the book, it qualifies for more than one star. Reading the story was pretty much an utter waste of my time.
September 20, 2019
Pulls you in
The story really pulls you in. The characters are multifaceted, and the main ones are quite likeable. There's no mushy romantic subplot,It's just good old action.
The story really pulls you in. The characters are multifaceted, and the main ones are quite likeable. There's no mushy romantic subplot,It's just good old action.
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