Get Louie Stigs

by Larry Pavlicek

What do a Judge, a Priest and a crime boss have in common?  When a small-town con artist and a possible federal witness gets thrown together in a prison cell with  this oddball crew, you’ll never know what is going to happen, or what they all have in common. Follow along with this mystery thriller as you discover what they are all doing together, and more importantly, how the main character can save his soul before it’s too late. 
 

286 pages, Paperback

Published December 20, 2016

Reviews

[Jeff Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a real fun novel. A small time mobster trying to make it big gets caught on a small job and ends up being sentenced to stay at a monastery as an alternative sentence.

Lots of funny parts as Louie resists the efforts of the monks while also in the line of fire for attempted assassinations.

[Jason Carter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this book in the mail as a free gift for (re)joining the American Chesterton Society. On a quiet Saturday morning while isolated with COVID-19, I read it in a single setting.

Nothing spectacular, nothing to write home about, but a charming good tale of a small-time mobster who gets caught up in problems too big for him and ends up assigned to a monastery (in lieu of prison) by a reforming judge looking to advance his Alternative Sentencing agenda.

Very cheesy. And yet very fun and quite touching.

[Susan Roden · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave this book two stars because I read it until the end.
The 'mob' language was overdone by chapter 2.
When I read the back of the book for a synopsis, there was nothing about the religious angle of the story. Whoops! Spoiler alert!

Without giving away the ending, I read this type of story when in eighth grade Catholic school.
Nuf said.

[Jeff Beyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so enjoyable to read. Larry was a true Chestertonians, and it comes shining through in this novel of Grace.