Adobe Flats

by Colin Campbell

Overview

ADOBE FLATS, a Jim Grant Thriller by Colin Campbell. 3rd in series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948235891
Publisher:	Down & Out Books
Publication date:	06/24/2019
Series:	Jim Grant Thriller , #3
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Colin Campbell is a former police officer and soldier who now makes a living as a full-time crime novelist. His short stories have appeared in such publications as The Wharfedale & Airedale Observer and during Lit 103.3 radio broadcasts. With six books published and self-published in the UK, he counts Lee Child, Reginald Hill, Caroline Carver, and Stephen Booth among his fans. Campbell is a member of Mystery Writers of America and resides in Yorkshire, England. Visit him online at CampbellFiction.com.

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Editorial Reviews

2014-08-26
A laconic loner squares off against a Wild West magnate who rules his dominion with an iron hand. Grant, a poker-faced tough guy with a Marlboro Man vibe, takes a train to the arid town of Absolution, where the streets are eerily empty, and everyone he meets advises him bluntly to leave. He gets lodging at the Gage Hotel only by intimidating the desk clerk, then has to stand up to a would-be enforcer in his room. Grant's looking for Eduardo Cruz, a man the locals apparently know no better than the reader. He finds an ally, and some chemistry too, in feisty Sarah Hellstrom, who runs Gilda's Grill and Diner. She clues Grant in on Tripp Macready, who owns virtually everything in Absolution and repels visitors. Macready's the man to see if Grant wants unrestricted movement. Little by little, flashbacks begin to explain Grant's task. He had been part of a small team for the Allied Expeditionary Force, which included medic Pilar Cruz, who was more than a friend to him. Once Grant finds Eduardo Cruz, a doctor like his daughter, it's his sad task to inform him of her death. Although Grant has not intentionally crossed Macready, Cruz warns that a showdown between the two is now inevitable. And when Grant learns that Macready has been slapping Sarah around, he's unstoppable. The prolific Campbell's third Resurrection Man novel (Montecito Heights, 2014, etc.) harkens back to the gritty but thinly plotted men's action series of the 1970s and '80s, with less gore and a stylish noir voice.

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