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Troubleshooter
Troubleshooter opens in the Pacific Northwest in the present time with Ezra Hooten, a U.S. marshal with a reputation for bringing ‘em back dead about as often as alive, following a hot tip about his boyhood best friend, Norman Carpenter, a scalp-collecting psychopath Hoot has spent the bulk of his career pursuing. Connected by a shaman’s blood-brother ritual since adolescence, Hoot can sometimes sense Norman – especially if he’s close – and Norman can almost always sense Hoot. As young men Hoot and Norman served together in the Vietnam War, where Hoot was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for saving Norman’s life. But the tie that truly binds them is their connection to the girl both loved since middle school…Donna. Soon as Norman got home from the war he married Donna, and a year later he brutally murdered her, ultimately going to federal prison for it…then escaping and living the cloaked, criminal life of a convict on the lam, often finding work as a contract killer. Norman’s escape has been a very personal burden for Hoot who is now on the cusp of retirement, and he lives to see Norman behind bars again before he hangs up his marshal’s star. Hoot follows Norman into the seedy world of adult entertainment where they meet Angela, a confused young stripper so strongly resembling the young Donna they had both loved that she immediately personifies the living ghost of Donna in their minds; Norman seeing her as an avenging spirit that he must kill again, while Hoot sees her as an unexpected chance at redemption – and as the perfect bait to catch Norman. After a lifetime of pursuit, the final chase is on.
286 pages, ebook
First published April 2, 2012
About the author
Rod Lindsey
5 books8 followersPacific Northwest crime fiction author Rod Lindsey launched his literary career following more than 30 years in construction. His debut novel, Troubleshooter, a Crime/Thriller, chronicles U.S. Marshall Ezra Hooten’s career-spanning pursuit of his boyhood best friend, a scalp-collecting psychopath on the lam. The first in a series, Troubleshooter is available on Kindle and Nook.
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April 30, 2012
Good pacing, great dialog, believable characters.
If you are bothered by lesbian sex don't go here---but I thought the sex scenes were very well done. No mystery who the bad guy is--very interesting to see the world thru Norman's hitman eyes. And I was fascinated by the behind the scenes look into the world of strippers. The writing style reminds me alot of Elmore Leonard--smart, hip. I would recommend this book.
If you are bothered by lesbian sex don't go here---but I thought the sex scenes were very well done. No mystery who the bad guy is--very interesting to see the world thru Norman's hitman eyes. And I was fascinated by the behind the scenes look into the world of strippers. The writing style reminds me alot of Elmore Leonard--smart, hip. I would recommend this book.
May 8, 2013
The really good baddie is an art and Norman is a masterpiece. As much as Hoot wants to catch Norman there’s a nostalgia that infuses his storyline. A life shared and a common bond forged. Hoot is not a good guy by any means. He lives by a code with which many would not agree but he has an honorable goal and one cannot help but cheer for him.
As well as Lindsey’s characterizations were presented; his settings were vivid and real. Lindsey takes us all over Washington, across the country and across the world. The characters and scenes melded in such a way that the locales were really a third main character. Locations were vivid, beautiful, dangerous and harsh and all presented to enhance the action and move the story along.
The graphic sex in this novel seemed out of place and almost as though it was to jump on a current trend bandwagon. Sex sells and nothing sells books better these days to the people who read the most (middle aged women). In such a competitive field one cannot fault an author for ticking a few boxes in potential markets. Would sex have sold the novel to me, a middle aged woman? No. I do, however, know people who would buy just for that aspect. Why not, as an author, introduce a selling aspect to a genre where it might not be so common place.
Troubleshooter is a very good crime drama by a talented author.
As well as Lindsey’s characterizations were presented; his settings were vivid and real. Lindsey takes us all over Washington, across the country and across the world. The characters and scenes melded in such a way that the locales were really a third main character. Locations were vivid, beautiful, dangerous and harsh and all presented to enhance the action and move the story along.
The graphic sex in this novel seemed out of place and almost as though it was to jump on a current trend bandwagon. Sex sells and nothing sells books better these days to the people who read the most (middle aged women). In such a competitive field one cannot fault an author for ticking a few boxes in potential markets. Would sex have sold the novel to me, a middle aged woman? No. I do, however, know people who would buy just for that aspect. Why not, as an author, introduce a selling aspect to a genre where it might not be so common place.
Troubleshooter is a very good crime drama by a talented author.
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