When the Devil Comes To Call

A Lars and Shaine Novel #2

by Eric Beetner

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 has 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.

264 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2018

About the author

BIO:
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

Reviews

[Rory Costello · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Pocosnoopy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Second book in this series was an excellent read. I recommend this series to anyone who likes hitman fiction.

[Tj · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Dylan Cundiff · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Todd Morr · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.