November Road

Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat and mouse chase across 1960s America a story of unexpected connections, daring possibilities, and the hope of second chances from the Edgar Award winning author of The Long and Faraway Gone.Frank Guidry s luck has finally run out.A loyal street lieutenant to New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello, Guidry has learned that everybody is expendable But now it s his turn he knows too much about the crime of the century the assassination of President John F Kennedy.Within hours of JFK s murder, everyone with ties to Marcello is turning up dead, and Guidry suspects he s next he was in Dallas on an errand for the boss less than two weeks before the president was shot With few good options, Guidry hits the road to Las Vegas, to see an old associate a dangerous man who hates Marcello enough to help Guidry vanish.Guidry knows that the first rule of running is don t stop, but when he sees a beautiful housewife on the side of the road with a broken down car, two little daughters and a dog in the back seat, he sees the perfect disguise to cover his tracks from the hit men on his tail Posing as an insurance man, Guidry offers to help Charlotte reach her destination, California If she accompanies him to Vegas, he can help her get a new car.For her, it s than a car it s an escape She s on the run too, from a stifling existence in small town Oklahoma and a kindly husband who s a hopeless drunk.It s an American story two strangers meet to share the open road west, a dream, a hope and find each other on the way.Charlotte sees that he s strong and kind Guidry discovers that she s smart and funny He learns that s she determined to give herself and her kids a new life she can t know that he s desperate to leave his old one behind.Another rule fugitives shouldn t fall in love, especially with each other A road isn t just a road, it s a trail, and Guidry s ruthless and relentless hunters are closing in on him But now Guidry doesn t want to just survive, he wants to really live, maybe for the first time.Everyone s expendable, or they should be, but now Guidry just can t throw away the woman he s come to love.And it might get them both killed. Download November Road by Lou Berney – kino-fada.fr With every decision we create a new future, Leo said We destroy all other futures If it s a fair fight, Barone learned early on, you ve screwed up somewhere November Road is a page flipping, compulsive read that will pull you in and hold on until it lets your lapels go and you fall to the floor in a heap, checking for damage Frank Guidry s got it made A lean thirty seven year old New Orleans native, he is a sharp dresser, with olive skin, green With every decision we create a new future, Leo said We destroy all other futures If it s a fair fight, Barone learned early on, you ve screwed up somewhere November Road is a page flipping, compulsive read that will pull you in and hold ...Frank Guidry s luck has finally run out Frank Guidry is a loyal lieutenant in the New Orleans mob who dropped off a car very near to where President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated Was it a coincidence or was the car part of the assassination plan Now Frank has been asked to get rid of the car Is this a set up or a means to an end Either way, Frank knows too much...I love historical fiction but I wasn t entirely sure if a thriller style plot about JFK s assassination was going to be my thing I m pretty picky when it comes to choosing thrillers but thankfully there were enough regular fiction elements to the story so it didn t feel like it was guns and violence the entire time Adding in a story line about a mother with two young daughters really gave the book a nice balance Frank Guidry is a street lieutenant to New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello Whe I love historical fiction but I wasn t entirely sure if a thriller style plot about JFK s assassination was going to be my thing I m pretty picky when it comes to choosing thrillers but thankfully there were enough regular fiction elements to the story so it didn t feel like it was guns and violence the entire time Adding in a story line about a mother with two young daughters really gave the book a nice balance Frank Guidry is a street lieutenant to New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello When people he knows ...Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dearAnd it shows them pearly whiteJust a jackknife has old MacHeath, babeAnd he keeps it, ah, out of sightYa know when that shark bites with his teeth, babeScarlet billows start to spreadFancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babeSo there s never, never a trace of red Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huhLies a body just oozin life, eekAnd someone s sneakin round the cornerCould that someone be Mack the KnifeMack the Knife, Bobby DaOh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dearAnd it shows them pearly whiteJust a jackknife has old MacHeath, babeAnd he keeps it, ah, out of sightYa know when that shark bites with his teeth, babeScarlet billows start to spreadFancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babeSo there s never, never a trace of red Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huhLies a body just oozin life, eekAnd someone s sneakin round the cornerCould that someone be Mack the KnifeMack the Knife, Bobby Darin, Songwriters Kurt Weill Bertolt Brecht Marc Blitzstein Behold The Big Easy in all its wicked splendor Frank Guidry paused at...Career criminal Frank Guidry is sent to Dallas to retrieve a getaway car that was to play a part in the assassination of President Kennedy The car wasn t used, so Frank is tasked with retrieving it from the scene of the crime and dumping it into the ocean so that a link cannot be established back to Frank s boss, Carlos Fearing he may be killed following the disposal of the vehicle, Frank heads west for Las Vegas, looking to Carlos rival for help leaving the country.Charlotte Roy is fed up wi Career criminal Frank Guidry is sent to Dallas to retrieve a getaway car that was to play a part in the assassination of President Kennedy The car wasn t used, so Frank is tasked with retrieving it from the scene of the crime and dumping it into the ocean so that a link cannot be established back to Frank s boss, Carlos Fearing he may be killed following the disposal of the vehicle, Frank heads west for Las Vegas, looking to Carlos rival for help leaving the country.Charlotte Roy is fed up with her life Stuck in a dead end marriage with a useless drunk of a husband, Charlotte makes the difficult decision to leave She gathers up her two kids as well as the family dog, and hits the road for California looking to...What drew me to November Road is that it s set in the days on and following the assassination of JFK, and I m drawn to books with anything related to the Kennedys While this book didn t focus on what happened that fateful day in Dallas on November 22, 1963, the murder of JFK is the trigger for events that lead two people from completely different walks of life to leave their existing lives and go on the run for the chance at a brand new life.Frank Guidry is a handsome ladies man who is high up What drew me to November Road is that it s set in the days on and following the assassination of JFK, and I m drawn to books with anything related to the Kennedys While this book didn t focus on what happened that fateful day in Dallas on November 22, 1963, the murder of JFK is the trigger for events that lead two people from completely different walks of life to leave their existing lives and go on the run for the chance at a brand new life.Frank Guidry is a handsome ladies man wh...Why I love itby AJ FinnPlot, setting, and character It s a simple three ingredient recipe you might call it Satisfying Novel Surprise yet many even most authors tend to skimp on one or another or all three Few works of fiction, in my experience, spin a gripping story and drench it in atmosphere and people it with a relatable, three dimensional cast Fewer still do so in perfect proportion.But Lou Berney s November Road is no ordinary work of fiction November, 1963 The country is roiling Why I love itby AJ FinnPlot, setting, and character It s a simple three ingredient recipe you might call it Satisfying Novel Surprise yet many even most authors tend to skimp on one or another or all three Few works of fiction, in my experience, spin a gripping story and drench it in atmosphere and people it with a relatable, three dimensional cast Fewer still do so in perfect proportion.But Lou Berney s November Road is no ordinary work of fiction November, 1963 The country is roiling in the wake of JFK s murder, and one mob lieutenant suspects he may have unwittingly participated in the crime He makes a run for the West Coast, inadvertently picking up a runaway housewife and her two daughters along the way As they light out for coastal California, th...This is my first Berney novel, and if his earlier works stand up to this one, DAMN I have been missing some quality writing The dawn of a new era is beginning as Berney s tale starts JFK has just been assassinated and Frank Guidry is sent from New Orleans to Dallas to pick up a car that was to be used in the getaway He knows he will not make it back to The Big Easy alive While he heads West to escape to Las Vegas, he meets Charlotte and her two kids who are stranded at a small hotel in New M This is my first Berney novel, and if his earlier works stand up to this one, DAMN I have been missing some quality writing The dawn of a new era is beginning as Berney s tale starts JFK has just been assassinated and Frank Guidry is sent from New Orleans to Dallas to pick up a car that was to be used in the getaway He knows he will not make it back to The Big Easy alive While he heads West to escape to Las Vegas, he meets Cha...With every decision we create a new future, Leo said We destroy all other futures The assassination of President John F Kennedy changed the course of American history and most everyone alive on November 22, 1963 can tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news.There have been countless conspiracy theories surrounding Kennedy s death and the events that took place on that day in downtown Dallas, Texas will forever be shrou...There are only a handful of seminal events that, decades later, really until the end of one s days, one can remember with piercing acuity where they were when it happened the assassination of John F Kennedy was such an event Not a person in my generation can forget the searing affect November 23 and the succeeding days had on t...

• English
• 11 April 2018
Lou Berney
• ebook
• 320 pages
• 0062663879
• Lou Berney
• November Road