Last Call for the Living - Softcover

Farris, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765367963 ISBN 13: 9780765367969

Publisher: Forge Books, 2013

Synopsis

In Peter Farris's Last Call for the Living, for bank teller Charlie Colquitt it was another Saturday. For Hobe Hicklin, an ex-con with nothing to lose, it was another score. For Hobe's drug-addled, sex-crazed girlfriend, it was more lust, violence, and drugs. But Hicklin's first mistake was double-crossing his partners in the Aryan Brotherhood. His second was taking a hostage. He and Charlie could hide out for only so long before Hicklin's past catches up to them. Hot on Hicklin's trail are a pair of Brotherhood soldiers, ready to burn a path of murder and mayhem to get revenge. GBI Special Agent Sallie Crews and Sheriff Tommy Lang catch the case, and soon Crews is making some dangerous connections. For hard-drinking, despondent Lang, rescuing Charlie might be the key to personal salvation.

About this title

From the Author

"A book that is going to be on the Top Ten list of anyone who reads it."
-- Bookreporter

"Last Call for the Living is a debut announcing a serious new talent."
-- Ransom Notes

"Those who savor violent action will welcome Farris's debut, a bleak crime thriller."
-- Publishers Weekly

"A raw and frantic race to an explosive finish in this gritty and fascinating southern noir gem."
-- Criminal Element

"A debut that demands attention."
-- MysteryPeople

"Even veteran authors would be hard pressed to outdo this."
-- Noir Journal

From the Inside Flap

"With one novel, Peter Farris has cemented his place as one of the best new voices in the
crime/noir genre. Tough, tense, and always heartfelt, Last Call for the Living left me
breathless. An absolutely stunning debut."
--John Rector, author of The Cold Kiss, Already Gone and The Grove

"Last Call for the Living left blisters on my eyelids and teeth marks on my soul. Combining razor sharp prose, a tight plot and characters I could relate to, the narrative tension bites down and doesn't let go."

--Frank Bill, author of Crimes in Southern Indiana

"A wild, rocketing roller-coaster of a ride. Farris's writing is reminiscent of Stephen Hunter and Cormac McCarthy at their brutal best."

--Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author of Impact

"With Last Call for the Living, Peter Farris sticks a shotgun in your face, cracks you a beer, works you over with a meat tenderizer, insults your mama, punches your junk, and otherwise gives you the wildest Southern vacation you've ever had. Farris has just announced himself as a major new talent in crime fiction, and he ain't telling us politely."

-- Duane Swierczynski, Anthony Award winning author of Fun Games

"Sam Peckinpah meets Flannery O'Connor in Peter Farris's astonishingly good debut. The veracity of violence, the beauty of brutality, and the majesty of the marginalized all align like malignant stars in this disturbing, literate, and authentic novel. Last Call for the Living is the manifesto of a talent who deserves your attention."

--Grant Jerkins, author of A Very Simple Crime

Edition details

• Publisher: Forge Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0765367963
• ISBN 13: 9780765367969
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384