Easy Death (Hard Case Crime #117)

Posted on 06 February 2018 by Daniel Boyd

TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS and two robbers hired by a local crime boss manage to heist half a million dollars from an ard car But getting the money and getting away with it are two different things, especially with a blizzard coming down, the cops in hot pursuit, and a double crossing gambler and a murderous park ranger threatening to turn this white Christmas blood red. New Read Easy Death (Hard Case Crime #117) [ Author ] Daniel Boyd [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The week before Christmas, two men hijack an ard car and go on the run Can they evade the cops long enough to get the money to their employer Easy Death is a quick, suspenseful read This tale of cops and robbers has a lot of twists and turns, made evenserpentine by Daniel Boyd s use of shifting viewpoints The action shifts between several groups of characters and I got turned around a couple times.One thing I really liked was that Boyd went out of his way to show that none of the cr The week before Christmas, two men hijack an ard car and go on the run Can they evade the cops long enough to get the money to their employer Easy Death is a quick, suspenseful read This tale of cops and robbers has a lot of twists and turns, made evenserpentine by Daniel Boyd s use of shifting viewpoints The action ...This novel, from Hard Case Crime, was published in 2014, but it s set in the Christmas season of 1951 and has the feel of a classic pulp novel The story is fairly simple a crime boss hires two men, Walter and Eddie, to rob an ard car But stealing the money is the easy part As the crime goes down, a major blizzard hits the area complicating the getaway Of course it also hinders the cops who are in not so hot pursuit because of the treacherous conditions.The narrative jumps back and forth This novel, from H... Dear Santa,All I want for Christmas is a clean getaway after I rob this ard car.Thanks,Eddie Dear Eddie,Not only are you way too old to be asking for me presents, but you re also being very naughty So the answer is no Sincerely,Santa ClausWith its straightforward set up set up and 1951 setting this fits the bill as a Hard Case Crime offering that really feels like an old school hardboiled paperback delivered in a quick 236 pages.The primary focus is on the two men whose getaway is comp Dear Santa,All I want for Christmas is a clean getaway after I rob this ard car.Thanks,Eddie Dear Eddie,Not only are you way too old to be asking for me presents, but you re also being very naughty So the answer is no Sincerely,Santa ClausWith its straightforward set up set up and 1951 setting this fits the bill as a Hard Case Crime offering that really feels like an old school hardboiled paperback delivered in a quick 236 pages.The primary focus is on the two men whose getaway is complicated by a blizzard and other events, but there s also a lot of shifting to focus on various other characters It s also got a few ...The good folks at Hard Case have served up a heaping help of holiday hell in the form of Daniel Boyd s heist novel, Easy Death The story follows two hired goons charged with the unenviable task of robbing an armoured truck just days before Christmas Will they succeed in their mission or will a brutal snowstorm throw their plans awry A relatively new name in crime fiction, Daniel Boyd is a pseudonym for a retired police officer and Easy Death is his first novel with renowned publisher Hard Case The good folks at Hard Case have served up a heaping help of holiday hell in the form of Daniel Boyd s heist novel, Easy Death The story follows two hired goons charged with the unenviable task of robbing an armoured truck just days before Christmas Will they succeed in their mission or will a brutal snowstorm thr...3.5 out of 5 stars Easy Death is a fun little yuletide carol of crime and suspense by the guys over at Hard Case Crime, about an ard car heist pulled by a couple of good ol boys and their twisty attempt at a getaway, while being pursued by the cops I enjoyed it but it s a tricky one On one hand, at times the writing feels amateurish, the story requires a lot of suspension of disbelief, the back and forth jumping betw...Quick, entertaining read Lots of twists and turns, double crosses, and surprises throughout Recommended for pulp and noir fans.Despite being set on Christmas eve there is nothing festive about this noir from Daniel Boyd In true to genre fashion, EASY DEATH pits criminals against each other just as much as the law Yet, it s not all blood and violence there are cleverly written scenes that show the bad guys in good light while moving away from the no honor among thieves mentality Contrary to the above, I know, but there is a nice balance between the expected and the not so.The plot revolves around a heist involving Despite being set on Christmas eve there is nothing festive about this noir from Daniel Boyd In true to genre fashion, EASY DEATH pits criminals against each other just as much as the law Yet, it s not all blood and violence there are cleverly written scenes that show the bad guys in good light while moving away from the no honor among thieves mentality Contrary to the above, I know, but there is a nice balance between the expec...Hard Case Crime has a reputation for putting together dark, very dark, noir and I repeat myself, DARK books Its publisher founder, Charles Ardai, once told me that they have a formula A person is in desperate straits and does something desperate or has something done to them that puts them deeper underwater Then, the person goes scrambling, stumbling, and sliding from worse to worse until either doing something heroic to extract him her from the morass or learns to deal with the problems en Hard Case Crime has a reputation for putting together dark, very dark, noir and I repeat myself, DARK books Its publisher founder, Charles Ardai, once told me that they have a formula A person is in desperate straits and does something desperate or has...This book was going to be my Christmas read, but I got stuck on an awful book club read that bogged me down Finally got to this the middle of January.Classic detective style book set just before Christmas in 1951 It s an ard car heist and the events just before and directly following The short chapters jump around from many POV s and events in the time line One of the POV s is in the first person and the others in the third The chapters are titled to make it easy to follow 45 Mins Befo This book was going to be my Christmas read, but I got stuck on an awful book club read that bogged me down Finally got to this the middle of January.Classic detective style book set just before Christmas in 1951 It s an ard car heist and the events just before and directly following The short chapters ju...EASY DEATH 2014 Daniel Boyd .This first mystery novel by this author reminds me of the stories by Richard Stark Donald Westlake , although this caper turns out well eventually It s the story of the heist of an ard van filled with cash A lot of planning went into this job, but as you might expect things began to go wrong There are some surprising plot twists, along with some dark humor in this novel that makes the story reader friendly Daniel Boyd is now on my list of auth EASY DEATH 2014 Daniel Boyd .This first mystery novel by this author reminds me of the stories by Richard Stark Donald Westlake , although this caper turns out well eventually It s the story of the heist of ...

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06 February 2018

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