Whiplash River (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780062115287)

"Like Carl Hiaasen, Berney delights in the cartoonish. Like Elmore Leonard, he can drive a plot. What sets him apart is how well he evokes love, making the romance...as compelling as the mystery."
--Boston Globe

Lou Berney immediately earned a seat of honor at the mystery masters' table with his crackling caper novel, Gutshot Straight--a lightning-fast, fiendishly clever suspenser that screamed for a sequel. And here it is. Former professional wheel man Charles "Shake" Bouchon is back, living in the Caribbean paradise of Belize with his lawless past far behind him--until a gunshot tears through his beachside restaurant and he's on the run again. A twisting tale filled with lawmen, con men, and hit men; a beautiful but deadly FBI agent; and a murderous thug named Baby Jesus, Whiplash River recalls the best of the off-the-wall crime fiction impresarios--Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, James W. Hall, Robert Ferrigno, Tim Dorsey--while establishing its own unique orbit in the noir universe.

Author: Lou Berney
ISBN-10: 0062115286
ISBN-13: 9780062115287
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.44w x 0.76d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee
Award: Anthony Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/28/2012 pg. 73
Booklist 07/01/2012 pg. 33
Shelf Awareness 07/24/2012