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The Bones of Wolfe: A Border Noir
Two outlaw brothers search for hijackers, stolen goods, and an adult film star in this action-packed noir tale by the author of The Ways of Wolfe.
In the newest Wolfe-family adventure, Rudy and Frank Wolfe are engaging in routine miscellaneous business—some legitimate and some less so—for their family when they stumble upon a stash of high-quality pornographic films in a raid. After their Aunt Catalina, the family matriarch aged 115, recognizes a resemblance to her long-lost sister in one of the young performers, she tasks the boys with tracking the girl down, however improbable a connection may be.
This proves to be no simple task. Soon, Rudy and Frank find themselves moving away from world of porn and towards the upper echelons of the Sinaloa drug cartel, where the mysterious woman has become a particular favorite of the head narco. For their aunt, the woman, and themselves, Frank and Rudy must find a way to extract her from the cartel. A tropical storm threatens their plan but their widespread and steadfast family stands ready to assist them every deadly mile of the way.
Ever daring and innovative, and assisted by the family's ready resources, the Wolfe brothers must run the highest risks in order to achieve the mission assigned them by the Grande Dame.
Praise for The Bones of Wolfe
"Hold on to your hats. The Wolfe family saga continues in Blake's newest Border Noir. . . . An action-packed story of family loyalties with some surprisingly sentimental undertones." —Kirkus Reviews
"In the vein of a Thomas Perry caper novel, with plenty of blood. As such, it is never less than thoroughly entertaining." —Booklist
In the newest Wolfe-family adventure, Rudy and Frank Wolfe are engaging in routine miscellaneous business—some legitimate and some less so—for their family when they stumble upon a stash of high-quality pornographic films in a raid. After their Aunt Catalina, the family matriarch aged 115, recognizes a resemblance to her long-lost sister in one of the young performers, she tasks the boys with tracking the girl down, however improbable a connection may be.
This proves to be no simple task. Soon, Rudy and Frank find themselves moving away from world of porn and towards the upper echelons of the Sinaloa drug cartel, where the mysterious woman has become a particular favorite of the head narco. For their aunt, the woman, and themselves, Frank and Rudy must find a way to extract her from the cartel. A tropical storm threatens their plan but their widespread and steadfast family stands ready to assist them every deadly mile of the way.
Ever daring and innovative, and assisted by the family's ready resources, the Wolfe brothers must run the highest risks in order to achieve the mission assigned them by the Grande Dame.
Praise for The Bones of Wolfe
"Hold on to your hats. The Wolfe family saga continues in Blake's newest Border Noir. . . . An action-packed story of family loyalties with some surprisingly sentimental undertones." —Kirkus Reviews
"In the vein of a Thomas Perry caper novel, with plenty of blood. As such, it is never less than thoroughly entertaining." —Booklist
272 pages, Hardcover
Published July 7, 2020
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James Carlos Blake
23 books216 followersJames Carlos Blake was an American writer of novels, novellas, short stories, and essays. His work has received extensive critical favor and several notable awards. He has been called “one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life” as well as “one of the most original writers in America today and … certainly one of the bravest.” He was a recipient of the University of South Florida's Distinguished Humanities Alumnus Award and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.
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June 7, 2022
The Bones of the Wolfe is the fifth novel in Blake’s Wolfe family saga, a cross-border noir featuring a crime family based in Brownsville, a Texas, and points south of the border. The family business is gun smuggling. The novels span long periods and feature a variety of different family members. Here, we get Rudy and Frank who take charge of a missing (hijacked) shipment of arms in Mexico, but then are tasked by the 115-year old family matriarch, Aunt Catalina, thinks that maybe a sex movie star in a film that came along with the missing guns might be a long-estranged family member. Of course, nothing in life is ever easy and the missing princess is in Baja on the arm of a cartel leader. Somehow Rudy, Frank, and Rayo are going to have to figure out a way to get her out of the cartels clutches, but it’s not as if a hurricane is bearing down or is it? The exciting action here is all in the final third with a slow buildup through the middle pages.
January 30, 2020
I have ready every good by Blake and up to recently was one of my favorite authors. His books about the Wolfe family started out good but have gone down in quality. But this book is bad at a whole other level. Insipid, poorly written no real plot and no characters or dialogue. It works better as a parody of this kind book than as an actual book. I cannot believe that it was written by the same guy who wrote such great books as the Pistolteer and Handsome Harry. I usually try to be charitable about most of the books I read, particularly on netgalley where I am given free books. But I can’t with this one. Skip it.
February 9, 2020
I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley to read and review.
THE BONES OF WOLFE: A BORDER NOIR by James Carlos Blake is another book in the Wolfe Family Series that follows the border family’s hidden business interests; this time around it involves gun running to supply high quantities of quality arms headed up by Rudy and Frank Wolfe, but an inside setup resulting in the death of a relative and others of their group sends them off in search of the traitor; only to discover he has made it possible for the ambush to take place so that a cartel could steal them before the transaction was to take place.
Investigation into who was involved leads to the discovery of a porno film that appears to be professionally made, but the unsettling resemblance of one of the young women in the film to their elder aunt leaves them wondering how the girl could appear to be an identical twin to an older picture their aunt has of a relative from years ago.
The Wolfe family are formidable opponents to anyone who they come up against & are powerful with the strength their of legitimate businesses and hidden activities that have resulted in wealth and loyalty amongst locals, but they would seem to be no match for the cartel they have come up against, as their mission to learn more of the mysterious young woman at the behest of their aunt who demands that they put themselves in harm’s way to learn the truth (about whether the girl is a distant relative) is perilous every step of the way.
Enjoyable border tale as are the other books in this series, and I’m very much in disagreement with the few negative reviews of this one, and I look forward to the next book involving the Wolfe family activities on both sides of the border.
4 stars.
December 6, 2019
I received a free electronic copy of the ARC of this novel from Netgalley, James Carlos Blake, and Mysterious Press. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read this novel of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work. A Border Noir, with internal problems in Mexico as well as cartel involvement in daily life, The Bones of the Wolfe, of course, contains violence, some sexual content, and more violence. It is handled very well. If you can't watch the evening news you might want to give this a miss. That said, I live my life on the border. You will recognize those folks in this fictional border tale who are the good guys. They may come as a surprise to some of us.
The Bones of Wolfe is a family saga, modern-day, taking place in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. There is a deal of time spent in Baja California and the Sea of Cortez, but for the most part, we are in northern Mexico. The Wolfe family spreads far and wide on both sides of the international border between the U.S. and Mexico. Many families do, in our neck of the woods. Mexico is a political system in turmoil and Washington D.C. isn't far behind. I read this novel with a sense of foreboding. You probably will, as well. It is a lesson I hope we don't need to learn...
pub date July 7, 2020
Mysterious Press
Reviewed on July 7, 2020, at Goodreads, Netgalley, AmazonSmile, Barnes&Noble, Kobo, and GooglePlay. Not available for review on BookBub.
The Bones of Wolfe is a family saga, modern-day, taking place in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. There is a deal of time spent in Baja California and the Sea of Cortez, but for the most part, we are in northern Mexico. The Wolfe family spreads far and wide on both sides of the international border between the U.S. and Mexico. Many families do, in our neck of the woods. Mexico is a political system in turmoil and Washington D.C. isn't far behind. I read this novel with a sense of foreboding. You probably will, as well. It is a lesson I hope we don't need to learn...
pub date July 7, 2020
Mysterious Press
Reviewed on July 7, 2020, at Goodreads, Netgalley, AmazonSmile, Barnes&Noble, Kobo, and GooglePlay. Not available for review on BookBub.
March 31, 2021
This latest installment of the adventures of the Wolfe clan is a bit of a disappointment. James Carlos Blake has brought several characters back for the second or third time. And it is beginning to show. His development of them has stagnated and they are somewhat stale in this story. Story? That, too, seems to thrash about a bit, trying to find itself. A story about ambushed gun runners and the revenge for their deaths seems to disappear and only have a sort of forced tangential connection to the storming of the Sinaloa cartel headquarters towards the end. Why? Too much time is spent filling in the background from the earlier novels. At the seventy percent marker, the reader is still getting genealogy and family history. If you've read the books before this one, it really bogs you down. If you haven't read the books, it bogs you down even more.
As much as I admire what Blake has done in his earlier work, The Bones of Wolfe just runs out of steam quite early on. The worst part is the devolution of some of the characters into cartoons. That is always a danger when creating an expanding mythos of the border as Blake does. And here the danger wins out. I find myself getting very tired of Rayo Luna, Rudy, and Frank. The conversation is almost entirely composed of wisecracks and smart assery. When we're not hearing of how they turned down careers in professional baseball, the movies, super spy work, or academic stardom, we're exposed to their world champion shooting skills and the picture of Rayo Luna as some sort of model, genius, super sleuth, Olympic swimmer, and supergirl capable of god knows what. Put together Batman and Robin with the Greenhornet and Kato and this group would still come out on top. That's a problem, because Greenhornet and Batman come from comics and radio thrill shows. In the past, Blake was able to impart some melancholy into his stories, especially his endings. But with superheroes, all you get is happy endings certified to please.
I hope Blake rights himself on his next novel.
As much as I admire what Blake has done in his earlier work, The Bones of Wolfe just runs out of steam quite early on. The worst part is the devolution of some of the characters into cartoons. That is always a danger when creating an expanding mythos of the border as Blake does. And here the danger wins out. I find myself getting very tired of Rayo Luna, Rudy, and Frank. The conversation is almost entirely composed of wisecracks and smart assery. When we're not hearing of how they turned down careers in professional baseball, the movies, super spy work, or academic stardom, we're exposed to their world champion shooting skills and the picture of Rayo Luna as some sort of model, genius, super sleuth, Olympic swimmer, and supergirl capable of god knows what. Put together Batman and Robin with the Greenhornet and Kato and this group would still come out on top. That's a problem, because Greenhornet and Batman come from comics and radio thrill shows. In the past, Blake was able to impart some melancholy into his stories, especially his endings. But with superheroes, all you get is happy endings certified to please.
I hope Blake rights himself on his next novel.
July 13, 2020
For several years, James Carlos Blake has been quietly building a contemporary border-noir mythos that has been excellent by even the strictest of standards. The foundation of the series has been the semi-fictitious Wolfe clan, whose family tree has straddled the border between Mexico and the United States and whose roots are sunk firmly and deeply in both countries.
It is made clear in each installment that the Wolfes are smugglers, running guns into Mexico and --- for the right price --- people out of Mexico. They also have a significant number of legitimate enterprises on both sides of the border whose primary, if not exclusive, function is to aid and abet their illegal businesses. It is but one mark of Blake’s immense talents to note that the Wolfes, unabashed outlaw activities notwithstanding, are the good guys in this series, a situation that continues with the newly published THE BONES OF WOLFE.
The book begins with a late-night sales transaction between two branches of the Wolfe family that subsequently goes very, very wrong when the goods are violently hijacked by a third party. Brothers Frank and Rudy Wolfe are tasked with figuring out who the interlopers are and where they can be found, in the hopes of recovering the stolen items and getting them to the ultimate purchasers. Frank and Rudy have the might and majesty of the Wolfe resources behind them and are on the trail of their targets in short order. The vignettes that comprise this particular section of the novel are worth the price of admission by themselves, but also set up a couple of plots that ripple through the remainder of the story.
The trajectory of their investigation intersects with the adult film industry, and from there improbably but realistically with Aunt Catalina, the ancient but spry matriarch of the Wolfe family whose word is treated as a command. One of the young women in a pornographic movie strongly resembles Catalina’s sister, who was violently separated from her at the beginning of the 20th century. She commands Frank and Rudy to locate the actress and bring her back to the compound to determine if she is descended from the Wolfe family bloodline. This is quite a tall order, given that many of the folks involved in the adult entertainment industry tend to keep a low profile.
Frank and Rudy follow an extremely slender evidentiary thread in a manner that would make Spenser proud, traversing hundreds of miles to find the performer. However, that’s only half the job. She is not exactly free to leave her current circumstances, thus requiring them to risk their lives --- as well as hers --- to fulfill their marching orders. It’s an edge-of-the-seat ride that will leave readers hurrying to the end.
Blake somehow keeps you cheering for the Wolfe family, who would be bad guys in any other context; here, though, they are the very best of a bad lot. I keep going back and rereading the previous books in this masterful series. I enjoy them more each time and give thanks that life would be so good as to give me another. Now you have the chance to enjoy THE BONES OF WOLFE as well.
Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub
It is made clear in each installment that the Wolfes are smugglers, running guns into Mexico and --- for the right price --- people out of Mexico. They also have a significant number of legitimate enterprises on both sides of the border whose primary, if not exclusive, function is to aid and abet their illegal businesses. It is but one mark of Blake’s immense talents to note that the Wolfes, unabashed outlaw activities notwithstanding, are the good guys in this series, a situation that continues with the newly published THE BONES OF WOLFE.
The book begins with a late-night sales transaction between two branches of the Wolfe family that subsequently goes very, very wrong when the goods are violently hijacked by a third party. Brothers Frank and Rudy Wolfe are tasked with figuring out who the interlopers are and where they can be found, in the hopes of recovering the stolen items and getting them to the ultimate purchasers. Frank and Rudy have the might and majesty of the Wolfe resources behind them and are on the trail of their targets in short order. The vignettes that comprise this particular section of the novel are worth the price of admission by themselves, but also set up a couple of plots that ripple through the remainder of the story.
The trajectory of their investigation intersects with the adult film industry, and from there improbably but realistically with Aunt Catalina, the ancient but spry matriarch of the Wolfe family whose word is treated as a command. One of the young women in a pornographic movie strongly resembles Catalina’s sister, who was violently separated from her at the beginning of the 20th century. She commands Frank and Rudy to locate the actress and bring her back to the compound to determine if she is descended from the Wolfe family bloodline. This is quite a tall order, given that many of the folks involved in the adult entertainment industry tend to keep a low profile.
Frank and Rudy follow an extremely slender evidentiary thread in a manner that would make Spenser proud, traversing hundreds of miles to find the performer. However, that’s only half the job. She is not exactly free to leave her current circumstances, thus requiring them to risk their lives --- as well as hers --- to fulfill their marching orders. It’s an edge-of-the-seat ride that will leave readers hurrying to the end.
Blake somehow keeps you cheering for the Wolfe family, who would be bad guys in any other context; here, though, they are the very best of a bad lot. I keep going back and rereading the previous books in this masterful series. I enjoy them more each time and give thanks that life would be so good as to give me another. Now you have the chance to enjoy THE BONES OF WOLFE as well.
Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub
August 28, 2020
I got hooked on James Carlos Blake about 20 years ago with his blood and guts “Wildwood Boys,” a book about Bloody Bill Anderson and the Kansas bush war era. He has long been one of my favorites, and I’ve enjoyed every one of his 13 previous novels. The Wolfe family saga continues in this action-packed story of family loyalties with some surprisingly sentimental undertones. Rudy and Frank Wolfe are engaging in routine miscellaneous family business when they stumble upon a stash of high-quality pornographic films in a raid. The plot thickens when their aunt Catalina, the family matriarch aged 115, recognizes a resemblance to her long-lost sister in one of the young performers. Catalina tasks the boys with tracking the girl down, even though now she is embedded in one of Mexico’s notorious drug cartels. Hold on to your hat, entertaining stuff.
December 22, 2019
The Bones of Wolfe is a fictional account of the exploits of a large crime family in the southern US and Mexico. Frank and Rudy are two brothers who specialize in smuggling people but are happy to branch out to help out the family. The Bones of Wolfe is the most recent installment of the prolific author, James Carlos Blake.
The family loses a gun shipment and must recover their losses. During the recovery Rudy and Frank are gifted some high quality porno films one of which shows a young girl who looks identical to their Aunt Catalina’s lost sister. Catalina engages the two boys to go looking for the girl because she may be the only link to her sister. What appears to be an easy recovery job turns out to be a lot more complicated than anyone expects.
The story itself is fast paced and exciting for the most part. However, I find the writing style to be a distraction. The majority of the book is in a narrative form. I feel there is not enough variety to keep one’s interest. There is very little direct dialogue. Most of the dialogue is done is an indirect voice and becomes mainly a monologue. I feel that most situations are described rather than lived. For example, Rudy says Frank can tell when anyone is lying, but this is never explained or demonstrated. We just have to take Rudy’s word for it. As well, when Mateo phones to describe what he knows he puts everyone on speaker phone and then he goes through a long winded monologue about what he has learned and does not even allow questions. Again it is a narrative only.
For interest I also like to see more description of the surroundings and countryside to get a feel for where the story is taking place. Blake does not give us that very often. I would also like to see more character descriptions to a get to know the characters.
I recommend this book to those like fast paced action packed novels. I give it a 3 on 5 because I want to see more character development and dialogue, and not just a narrative. I want to thank Net Galley and The Mysterious Press for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for a fair review.
The family loses a gun shipment and must recover their losses. During the recovery Rudy and Frank are gifted some high quality porno films one of which shows a young girl who looks identical to their Aunt Catalina’s lost sister. Catalina engages the two boys to go looking for the girl because she may be the only link to her sister. What appears to be an easy recovery job turns out to be a lot more complicated than anyone expects.
The story itself is fast paced and exciting for the most part. However, I find the writing style to be a distraction. The majority of the book is in a narrative form. I feel there is not enough variety to keep one’s interest. There is very little direct dialogue. Most of the dialogue is done is an indirect voice and becomes mainly a monologue. I feel that most situations are described rather than lived. For example, Rudy says Frank can tell when anyone is lying, but this is never explained or demonstrated. We just have to take Rudy’s word for it. As well, when Mateo phones to describe what he knows he puts everyone on speaker phone and then he goes through a long winded monologue about what he has learned and does not even allow questions. Again it is a narrative only.
For interest I also like to see more description of the surroundings and countryside to get a feel for where the story is taking place. Blake does not give us that very often. I would also like to see more character descriptions to a get to know the characters.
I recommend this book to those like fast paced action packed novels. I give it a 3 on 5 because I want to see more character development and dialogue, and not just a narrative. I want to thank Net Galley and The Mysterious Press for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for a fair review.
August 10, 2020
Not as good as the others I have read
This story just wasn't that good. The plot was kind of silly and the characters were not very likeable or interesting. No nearly as good of a story as the other Wolfe family books. Very disappointed.
This story just wasn't that good. The plot was kind of silly and the characters were not very likeable or interesting. No nearly as good of a story as the other Wolfe family books. Very disappointed.
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March 20, 2021 THE BONES OF WOLFE is book five of the popular BORDER NOIRE series. The book has featured the Wolfe family, who although attempting to run legitimate businesses on the Mexican border, still have roots to-ward the side of lawlessness.
One of the areas they are part of is gun running. The lure of illegal operations still courses through their veins. Violence is also part of their lives, as the book opens with a clandestine meeting with guns about to be sold. It does not go as planned, because another group arrives, massacring the people inside the gun runners vehicle.
The Wolfe family must figure out not only who took the weapons, but who committed the murders. The realization, a rival gang trying to show their muscle in the territory, does not sit too well with them. When they do discover the location of the weapons, they also uncover a massive collection or pornography. One of the actresses in the collection is Kitty Quick, who bears an uncanny resemblance to 115 year old Wolfe family matriarch Aunt Catalina. Is this Sandra, the long lost sister?
Aunt Catalina sends Rudy, Frank and Rayo on a mission to find Sandra and bring her back. They search high and low, realizing she may be with the notorious drug lord El Chubasco. He is not about to give the woman up that easily. This results in violence and much more. This is the typical theme of the Border Noire series, lots of violence and tension.
I have no bones to pick about THE BONES OF WOLFE. There is lots of meat to the tale.
One of the areas they are part of is gun running. The lure of illegal operations still courses through their veins. Violence is also part of their lives, as the book opens with a clandestine meeting with guns about to be sold. It does not go as planned, because another group arrives, massacring the people inside the gun runners vehicle.
The Wolfe family must figure out not only who took the weapons, but who committed the murders. The realization, a rival gang trying to show their muscle in the territory, does not sit too well with them. When they do discover the location of the weapons, they also uncover a massive collection or pornography. One of the actresses in the collection is Kitty Quick, who bears an uncanny resemblance to 115 year old Wolfe family matriarch Aunt Catalina. Is this Sandra, the long lost sister?
Aunt Catalina sends Rudy, Frank and Rayo on a mission to find Sandra and bring her back. They search high and low, realizing she may be with the notorious drug lord El Chubasco. He is not about to give the woman up that easily. This results in violence and much more. This is the typical theme of the Border Noire series, lots of violence and tension.
I have no bones to pick about THE BONES OF WOLFE. There is lots of meat to the tale.
August 26, 2020
First time reading this author and I will say I was thoroughly entertained with this book. The story follows the Wolfe family and their business some legal and some not so much. Opens with what you think is a regular transaction of guns and ammo but after the offload from boat to truck the truck is hijacked and everyone is killed. Here is when you really begin to follow Rudy and Frank. Tracking and finding the persons who stole the guns they are back in Texas with other family members upstairs in the bar that is family owned when watching some porno films confiscated from the men. During one of the scenes, a female cousin comes back later and asks for two still photos of an actress in the film. After getting the stills she goes to Aunt Catalina the 115-year-old matriarch of the family and she knows that there is a resemblance to a lost relative.
Rudy and Frank are later called to the home and are given instructions to find the girl in the photo and bring her to her Aunt Catalina, they are also not to tell their uncle what is going on. Here is when the story takes off and you are taken from Texas to New Mexico, California then to Mexico the sea of Cortez. There is a lot going on but is done in a way that the story continues and you what to know what happens next and where is the author taking you. I found myself caught up with the characters and I really enjoyed this book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com
Rudy and Frank are later called to the home and are given instructions to find the girl in the photo and bring her to her Aunt Catalina, they are also not to tell their uncle what is going on. Here is when the story takes off and you are taken from Texas to New Mexico, California then to Mexico the sea of Cortez. There is a lot going on but is done in a way that the story continues and you what to know what happens next and where is the author taking you. I found myself caught up with the characters and I really enjoyed this book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com
December 31, 2020
Having read all of Blake's Wolfe collection, it was great to catch up with Eddie Gato, 'the girls' Rayo Luna and Jessie Juliet; and of course, brothers Rudy and Frank. I was thoroughly charmed with the wisdom and wit of a "new" edition to the clan, 115 year old Aunt Catalina. The deference she is provided by her family is only eclipsed by the affection the author clearly holds for the matriarch of the House of Wolfe, which makes her all the more endearing. I enjoyed the ebb and flow of all their lives; familiar with the genius manner in which Blake teases out the story, sometimes from the long view of a omniscient narrator but then close up with the first person perspective of Rudy Wolfe. Then, once thoroughly invested in the characters and walking around in their world, the reader becomes a participant and is plunged into the guts of the Wolfe’s latest deadly adventure. If you know Blake, you know that's when it's time to strap in.
The Bones of Wolfe is a wild ride, with no shortage of muscular trucks and fast cars, evil men and bold women, deadly guns and a trail of bloodied bodies. The revenge of the Osprey is classic Blake and will long be one of my favorite chapters of well deserved payback. And as always the getaway of the good guys (or at least the closest JCB can ever come to a good guy) is never a sure thing until the final pages. And even then it could go either way.
Although fifth of in the series, THE BONES OF WOLFE can be thoroughly enjoyed as a stand alone. This book’s got BONES alright and here’s hoping for another Wolfe adventure very soon.
The Bones of Wolfe is a wild ride, with no shortage of muscular trucks and fast cars, evil men and bold women, deadly guns and a trail of bloodied bodies. The revenge of the Osprey is classic Blake and will long be one of my favorite chapters of well deserved payback. And as always the getaway of the good guys (or at least the closest JCB can ever come to a good guy) is never a sure thing until the final pages. And even then it could go either way.
Although fifth of in the series, THE BONES OF WOLFE can be thoroughly enjoyed as a stand alone. This book’s got BONES alright and here’s hoping for another Wolfe adventure very soon.
July 24, 2020
This book got me via Net Galley and publisher Grove Atlantic so huge thanks for them and muchos graisis for mister Blake for my favorite outlaw clan in crime novels!
Another park of Wolfes' life, full of guns, guts and outlaw glory of its finest. Remarkable characters, a nice shark (hope poor fish din't get food poisoning). A bit softer than the first four parts, but a definitely a fine tale about this strange family.
Another park of Wolfes' life, full of guns, guts and outlaw glory of its finest. Remarkable characters, a nice shark (hope poor fish din't get food poisoning). A bit softer than the first four parts, but a definitely a fine tale about this strange family.
November 18, 2021
On the whole , a disappointing outing, compared to the previous House of Wolfe novels. The meat of the novel is a search for a young porn actress who may be a distant cousin of the TexMex Wolfe clan. Unfortunately , the story is slow to develop and encumber by a tedious description of the many legal and illegal enterprises that the Wolfes are involved in. The ground appears to be laid for a sequel and one can only hope that the author trims the fat.
August 25, 2022
Fourth book in the Wolfe family saga. This time the Wolfes try to find/ rescue a young lady from the adult film industry/ cartel who might be a relative. It's probably the weakest of the four, but once you have met these characters and bought into Blake's storytelling, you can't help but want to follow.
June 12, 2020
I enjoyed this book because it's well written and I liked the characters.
The plot is well crafted and the characters are fleshed out.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
The plot is well crafted and the characters are fleshed out.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
July 16, 2021
Exciting, hair-raising thriller. After a somewhat sedate start, this becomes the most riveting of the Wolfe series. With violence endemic to Mexican drug cartels, this latest in the family epic satisfies.
April 16, 2020
Excellent book really enjoyed the story! This is a family story , sometimes you do for family and some don't. Liked the fact that sometimes your taken in by FAMILY because your YOU!
July 6, 2020
Recommended.
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August 17, 2020
James Carlos Blake continues his border noir in fine fashion and never lets up on the high energy plot. Very enjoyable !
August 2, 2021
I think this might be my favorite book of the series thus far.
June 29, 2020
Thanks to Grove Atlantic INC. for sending me this good reads give away. This is the first I have read from this author and it won't be the last. This is listed as a thriller and that is accurate due to all the tight and dangerous situations our people find themselves. There is also a touch of humor thrown in which adds to the likability of the bloodthirsty and no remorse characters. While this is an on going saga of the Wolfes, it can be read as a stand alone.
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