Caught Stealing: A Novel by Charlie Huston
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Book Reviews of Caught Stealing: A Novel
Book Review: Completely unexpected and underrated!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book based on an "Amazon Recommends" posting. I love John Sandford, Patricia Cornwell (well, used to anyway), Dean Koontz and others and the book was recommended due to my previous Amazon purchases.
"Caught Stealing" is not at all like my usual favorites but I am so glad that I tried it. I have since read the other 2 books in the trilogy and am about to start on Mr. Huston's next series.
The book is raw - lots of violence, vivid imagery, rough language. Don't read it if this will offend you. If, however, you are not easily offended, the "hero", Hank, will pull you in and have you by the throat as he tries to survive one deadly confrontation after another.
Mr. Huston also writes the "Moon Knight" comics and that fits with the style of writing you find in his book. Overall, this is a true find if you are looking for a new voice that doesn't write formulaic mysteries or thrillers.
Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
Book Review: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED UNLESS YOU HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CANNOT BE DISTRACTED FROM DOING
Summary: 5 Stars
Usually I have several books I am reading at one time. But when I picked up CAUGHT STEALING, I forgot about the others. Actually, I forgot about most everything else except finishing the book. It grabs you like that. Hank Thompson is a New York bartender who agrees to take care of his neighbor's cat and then gets badly beaten up by two Russian goons. Hank quickly finds himself the object of the violent attentions of an assortment of colorful and nasty bad guys who seem to want something from him. Mr. Huston's first novel is a doozy: a non-stop, wild, careening ride that makes the reader dig his fingertips into the pages of the book in order to hang on. CAUGHT STEALING is the first in a trilogy, with SIX BAD THINGS and A DANGEROUS MAN continuing the hard-boiled story of Hank Thompson. I'm thinking about the movie rights. Maybe Brad Pitt as Hank? We definitely will need to find a talented cat. Highly recommended unless you have important things you cannot be distracted from doing.Book Review: Fast paced, violent, raw, and still very fun.
Summary: 5 Stars
Hank Thompson is a regular law abiding guy with some original, yet regular problems. While at work one evening, bartending in Manhattan, he is beaten up by two Russian thugs. He soon realizes that this wasn't really about the drinks he served. Hank becomes an infamous and wanted criminal when fate brings a line-up of bad guys chasing after him, all of which are after something that doesn't even belong to him.
Caught Stealing is the first book in the Hank Thompson trilogy, and the first novel I've ever read written by Charlie Huston. It was violent, fast paced, and at times, funny, very funny. The prose read quick and easy, even without quotation marks. Certainly, this will not be my last Charlie Huston novel. Can't wait to find out what happens to this likable protagonist in the next addition.
Book Review: Pulp Fiction meets Kill Bill (Parts I & II)!
Summary: 5 Stars
Meet Henry "Hank" Thompson (ex-high school baseball player/star turned alcoholic and all around nice guy), add a favor for a friend (to watch a neighbor's cat "Bud", who ends up being the "key" to the mystery) + a crooked/sadistic cop + some sweat-suit-wearing Russian bad guys + countless other bad guys (two extremely bad brothers)+ a secret key (hidden in Bud's crate) that opens a storage room with 4.4 MILLION dollars + 1 lost kidney + countless gun fights and lots of killing = a novel that will leave you breathless until the final scene. Some will survive and some won't. People will do things they never thought that they would, but overall the theme is that sometime you can get "caught up" in events that are beyond your control. Both visceral and gritty, this novel leaves you wanting more.Book Review: High Octane Crime Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
Very very impressive book. One of the blurbs on the backcover "reads like The Maltese Falcon on crack" is pretty
accurate. High octane book where a nice-guy bartender, Hank Thompson, through no fault of his own (or maybe because he mixes a bad cosmo) is first tortured and then on the run from a gang of ruthless thugs, including one of NY's finest, all in pursuit of the 4 1/2 million bucks. Lots of twists, lots of
interesting little mannerisms such as when Hank is on the phone with the corrupt cop trying to work out a deal, and then you have the awkward moment at the end where Hank finds himself having to say "good-bye". The writing in this is near pitch-perfect, and what make this even more impressive is that it's Huston's first book.