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Pain and Agony #3
Guns and Attitude
Jilted lovers, cheating spouses, treacherous business partners...
All bread and butter that pays the bills for this dysfunctional Investigation team.
Unfortunately, the past is catching up with one of them. Vengeance with a capital V is as rare as it is dangerous and doesn't pay.
Except that is what both of them want.
What choice do they have when a federal agent promises to turn the pair into his personal sock puppets if they don't comply with his game?
Going undercover amongst the great and greasy of the city, things move from unprofitable to... well complicated.
From handsy swingers to dark intrigues to hidden criminal conspiracies across the various threads that hold society together is often more trouble than it's worth.
But for a chance at revenge, is any price too high?
Pain and Agony are once more caught between scumbags and a son of a bitch.
Will their plans work?
Hard to tell. But their exit strategy is guaranteed to be gratuitously violent.
Occasionally at each other, more often against their enemies.
Shenanigans, shameful behavior, and a shower of brass shells should be expected when a "subtle infiltration" is left up to Pain and Agony.
But hey, if violence gets the job done and is fun along the way, what should the fed agent complain about?
Perhaps he shouldn't have engaged Pain and Agony.
All bread and butter that pays the bills for this dysfunctional Investigation team.
Unfortunately, the past is catching up with one of them. Vengeance with a capital V is as rare as it is dangerous and doesn't pay.
Except that is what both of them want.
What choice do they have when a federal agent promises to turn the pair into his personal sock puppets if they don't comply with his game?
Going undercover amongst the great and greasy of the city, things move from unprofitable to... well complicated.
From handsy swingers to dark intrigues to hidden criminal conspiracies across the various threads that hold society together is often more trouble than it's worth.
But for a chance at revenge, is any price too high?
Pain and Agony are once more caught between scumbags and a son of a bitch.
Will their plans work?
Hard to tell. But their exit strategy is guaranteed to be gratuitously violent.
Occasionally at each other, more often against their enemies.
Shenanigans, shameful behavior, and a shower of brass shells should be expected when a "subtle infiltration" is left up to Pain and Agony.
But hey, if violence gets the job done and is fun along the way, what should the fed agent complain about?
Perhaps he shouldn't have engaged Pain and Agony.
- GenresContemporaryThriller
246 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 9, 2021
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January 14, 2022
Brilliant:
Michael Anderle does it again!
I have just read the first 3 books in the Pain and Agony series. Great the way Michael has fun with the names of the main characters; their ‘fraught’ relationship leads to some fun dialogue as they develop trust (? - maybe). There are some fairly insightful passages, sprinkled with a healthy dose of cynicism.
An excellent ‘Must Read ’ - I’m hanging out for book 4.
Michael Anderle does it again!
I have just read the first 3 books in the Pain and Agony series. Great the way Michael has fun with the names of the main characters; their ‘fraught’ relationship leads to some fun dialogue as they develop trust (? - maybe). There are some fairly insightful passages, sprinkled with a healthy dose of cynicism.
An excellent ‘Must Read ’ - I’m hanging out for book 4.
December 7, 2022
Pain and Agony grow on you
Guns and Attitude (book three) is completely tongue in cheek. The banter between Alicia Goni and M. Payne runs simultaneously with almost nonstop action.
Pain and Agony are growing on me. One is feisty, while the other seasoned main character is searching for redemption. They manage to get ambushed and survive multiple times in each episode. I’ll bite and move on to book 4.
Guns and Attitude (book three) is completely tongue in cheek. The banter between Alicia Goni and M. Payne runs simultaneously with almost nonstop action.
Pain and Agony are growing on me. One is feisty, while the other seasoned main character is searching for redemption. They manage to get ambushed and survive multiple times in each episode. I’ll bite and move on to book 4.
January 18, 2025
P & A find themselves as pawns in chess games that put them amidst players with more power than they have and on the outs with landlady and investor ‘AJ’. The home team has to face betrayal coming from too many directions at once, a couple of places they wouldn’t choose to go voluntarily and the indignity of the homeless sneering at their possessions. Oh no! How will the dynamic duo ever balance the scales with all that going on?!?!
Rating: 4.25stars
Rating: 4.25stars
November 16, 2021
Book 3 of (IMO) the best series in 2021
Not sure if the series starred this year (2021) or not but '21 is when I started reading it and it is the one at the top of my reading chart on each release.
Not sure if the series starred this year (2021) or not but '21 is when I started reading it and it is the one at the top of my reading chart on each release.
November 18, 2021
Fast acting wisecracking all action duo ride again!
As Agony and Pain work to appease their landlady, they are tricked by an FBI agent into working for him to solve the death of his fiancee.
As Agony and Pain work to appease their landlady, they are tricked by an FBI agent into working for him to solve the death of his fiancee.
January 30, 2022
love this series
I am really loving this series and the crazy antics the main characters get into. There is always a ton of action, and the universe is slowly being built out into somewhere interesting to visit. I recommend this series and this book.
I am really loving this series and the crazy antics the main characters get into. There is always a ton of action, and the universe is slowly being built out into somewhere interesting to visit. I recommend this series and this book.
November 12, 2021
Continued fun
Pain and Agony and their snark continue to provide light entertainment with a sense of bravado and extreme competence that is just plain fun. Enjoy!
Pain and Agony and their snark continue to provide light entertainment with a sense of bravado and extreme competence that is just plain fun. Enjoy!
November 15, 2021
Great Series
You never know what Pain and Agony will end up doing. Special Agent Buchanan has a plan to use them to find out what is going on at the lodge. What will they find?
You never know what Pain and Agony will end up doing. Special Agent Buchanan has a plan to use them to find out what is going on at the lodge. What will they find?
April 16, 2022
Interesting investigators
Very good character development with primary and secondary players. Interesting storyline that is woven carefully. Recommended reading for a rainy day.
Very good character development with primary and secondary players. Interesting storyline that is woven carefully. Recommended reading for a rainy day.
June 26, 2022
Good read.
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