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A Lars and Shaine Novel #2
When the Devil Comes To Call
Two years after they escaped the mainland with their lives and little else, save for well over a million dollars in the bank, Lars and Shaine have carved out a nicely spartan existence in Hawaii. Two years without pulling a trigger on another human being. Until Lars’s former employer calls about a job.
What follows is a coming of age forged in fire and a deepening bond built on the edge of life and death. Forced to confront the past and wonder about the future, Lars and Shaine are about to see what kind of team they make.
Praise for the Lars and Shaine crime novels:
“The Devil Doesn’t Want Me is a runaway train of violence and mayhem, packed full with a collection of one-of-a-kind characters all speeding toward an explosive and inevitable end. Beetner is a maestro with his action scenes, filling the novel with cinematic set pieces, but the real heart of his story is Lars, an aging hit man forced to confront his own morality as the world goes to hell around him. A great read.” —Owen Laukkanen, author of The Professionals and Criminal Element
“Eric Beetner is quickly becoming one of my favorite new crime writers, and The Devil Doesn’t Want Me is a perfect example of why. If you’re a fan of fast paced, well-written hard-boiled crime fiction, you’re going to love this book. Beetner is the real deal, and I can only hope this is just the start of what we can expect from him in the future.” —John Rector, author of The Cold Kiss and Already Gone
“Told with heart, humor, and sizzling cinematic prose, Eric Beetner’s The Devil Doesn’t Want Me is crime fiction at its most entertaining and marks the arrival of a bold new talent.” —Peter Farris, author of Last Call for the Living
“This book is like if you took Lawrence Block’s famous hitman, Keller, and made him the lovechild of Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino.” —Criminal Element
What follows is a coming of age forged in fire and a deepening bond built on the edge of life and death. Forced to confront the past and wonder about the future, Lars and Shaine are about to see what kind of team they make.
Praise for the Lars and Shaine crime novels:
“The Devil Doesn’t Want Me is a runaway train of violence and mayhem, packed full with a collection of one-of-a-kind characters all speeding toward an explosive and inevitable end. Beetner is a maestro with his action scenes, filling the novel with cinematic set pieces, but the real heart of his story is Lars, an aging hit man forced to confront his own morality as the world goes to hell around him. A great read.” —Owen Laukkanen, author of The Professionals and Criminal Element
“Eric Beetner is quickly becoming one of my favorite new crime writers, and The Devil Doesn’t Want Me is a perfect example of why. If you’re a fan of fast paced, well-written hard-boiled crime fiction, you’re going to love this book. Beetner is the real deal, and I can only hope this is just the start of what we can expect from him in the future.” —John Rector, author of The Cold Kiss and Already Gone
“Told with heart, humor, and sizzling cinematic prose, Eric Beetner’s The Devil Doesn’t Want Me is crime fiction at its most entertaining and marks the arrival of a bold new talent.” —Peter Farris, author of Last Call for the Living
“This book is like if you took Lawrence Block’s famous hitman, Keller, and made him the lovechild of Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino.” —Criminal Element
266 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 12, 2018
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Eric Beetner
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Eric Beetner has been hailed as “the new maestro of noir,” by Ken Bruen and “The 21st Century’s answer to Jim Thompson” by LitReactor.
He has written more than 2 dozen novels and his short stories has been featured in over 30 anthologies and along the way he’s been nominated for an ITW award, a Shamus, Derringer and three Anthony awards. He’s won none of them.
Novels include There and Back, All The Way Down, Two In The Head, Rumrunners, The Devil Doesn't Want Me and many more.
For more visit ericbeetner.com
Eric Beetner has been hailed as “the new maestro of noir,” by Ken Bruen and “The 21st Century’s answer to Jim Thompson” by LitReactor.
He has written more than 2 dozen novels and his short stories has been featured in over 30 anthologies and along the way he’s been nominated for an ITW award, a Shamus, Derringer and three Anthony awards. He’s won none of them.
Novels include There and Back, All The Way Down, Two In The Head, Rumrunners, The Devil Doesn't Want Me and many more.
For more visit ericbeetner.com
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July 24, 2016
Eric Beetner's knack for very brisk pacing is showcased again here. It would be very easy to take this story in during one sitting; though it happened to span two days, the total time I needed was just a few hours. Lars remains a cool central character, and it's fun to see how Shaine develops in this outing. There's a fun array of mob sleazeballs, but my personal favorite secondary character was the veteran FBI man, Ford.
Another Beetner specialty -- fight scenes -- is on full display as well. Be warned, though; this is a bloody affair with a very high quotient of explicit physical damage.
Another Beetner specialty -- fight scenes -- is on full display as well. Be warned, though; this is a bloody affair with a very high quotient of explicit physical damage.
August 2, 2016
Second book in this series was an excellent read. I recommend this series to anyone who likes hitman fiction.
June 19, 2017
Beetner scores with another compulsively entertaining Lars and Shaine story. This was a great story of revenge and one-upsmanship, with a few twists that I found myself smiling at. Hoping there are more stories to come.
July 29, 2018
Just amazing. It's been a while that a book sent me through this many emotions. A true cant put down book. Staring the 3rd one right now.
September 8, 2016
An Excellent follow up, which lives up the high standard set with The Devil Doesn't Want Me. Hit man Lars and his protege/adopted daughter find themselves in more trouble with the mob as Lars gets drawn back in for one 'last' job. Mob stories can get stale fast as this is ground well covered, but this one never does with its plethora of top flight creative action sequences and three dimensional characters. Reminiscent of the movie Leon The Professional in all the right ways (none of the creepy sexual subtext of the film) while being its own unique piece of work.
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