false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167321242m/21279.jpg 21279 5 Hank Thompson is living off the map in Mexico with a bagful of cash that the Russian mafia wants back and many, many secrets. So when a Russian backpacker shows up in town asking questions, Hank tries to play it cool. But he knows the jig is up when the backpacker mentions the money . . . and the family Hank left behind. Suddenly Hank’s in a desperate race to get to his parents in California before anyone can harm them. Along the way he’ll face Federales and Border Patrol, mafiosi and vigilantes, extortionists and drug dealers, and a couple of psychotic surf bums with an ax to grind. From the golden beaches of the Yucatán to the seedy strip clubs of Vegas, Charlie Huston opens a door to the squalid underworld of crime and corruption–and invites the reader to live it in the extreme. 22460 28 6 2005 Six Bad Things: A Novel total:503|5:159|4:235|3:89|2:17|1:3| 503 2039 697 77 2 0 false false Sun Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 27 19:31:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:31:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 00:34:01 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 12:44:20 -0800 2008 If It Wasn't For Bad Luck, I'd Have No Luck At All

Six Bad Things is a worthy sequel to the phenomenal Caught Stealing. It was another hard core ride into non stop running, hiding, terror, and the worst of luck.

The antihero, Henry Thompson, has been living safely in Mexico for...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 19:09:26 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 19:22:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:09:50 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 08:54:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 17:29:14 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 17:48:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jul 19 21:26:19 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 21:26:26 -0700 2009
In some ways, I felt like I was reading one of Thomas Hardy's works (e.g. The Mayor of Casterbridge or Tess of the d'Urbervilles) because Henry Thompson gets in too deep ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 15:49:19 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 10:45:16 -0700 2009 Caught Stealing, the second book in the Hank Thompson trilogy, but it easily stands on its own. I liked it a lot.

The character of anti-hero Hank Thompson is the main attraction of the story. Despite the terrible things Hank is compelled to do, he's fairly sympatheti...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 17:20:52 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 17:22:56 -0700 2009
The plot is much less fun. This one doesn't have multiple sides going for the same goal, which results in less double crossing and general mayhem.

Henry also does som...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 15:39:48 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 10:52:17 -0700 2008 Caught Stealing, Huston's second installment of his man-on-the-run series finds new and creative ways to burn, maim, and beat the living daylights out of poor Hank Thompson. There are cross-bows. Pitbulls name Hitler that strike-to-kil...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 14:06:35 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 11:15:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 16:43:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 16:13:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 25 18:06:19 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 12:20:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 09:11:34 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 10:57:51 -0800 2008
I especially liked that I got it as a free download...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 03 21:15:32 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 23:22:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 12:19:15 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 15:09:38 -0800 2009 Caught Stealing A Novel is better paced and written, but is even blacker than the first book. I kept saying to myself - how dumb can this guy possibly be? Answer - pretty frakkin dumb. more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 08:59:38 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 09:05:29 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 20:07:54 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 20:07:54 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 16:15:23 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 13:52:10 -0700 2009
If you like raw pulp, this guy spins a good yarn.]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 18 10:21:55 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 10:23:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 05:49:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 05:51:12 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=21279