![]() ![]() Cosby who created a criminal protagonist – a man whose actions were often deadly and cunning – but is also a likeable, empathetic, moral, good man. Set during a sweltering Virginia summer, the oppressive heat seemed palpable. After all, I’m a white grandmother from Canada who has little basis to ‘relate’ to Beauregard Montage. I didn’t expect to love it quite as much as I did. Fast-paced, gritty crime fiction featuring very real characters. If I had to give this novel a label, it would be Southern Rural Noir. A decision he will come to bitterly regret… and one that will irrevocably change his world. He agrees to drive for a heist from a jewelry store. A dangerous world where the payday is lucrative, but the risks are deadly.īug is the best driver on the eastern seaboard. Desperate, he once again returns to the world of crime. ![]() ![]() He is getting final notice demands on his credit card bills. His mother is about to be turfed out of her nursing home due to lack of payment. His boys need -and his daughter needs college tuition money. His business is behind in its rent and the garage is losing business to a competitor. “A mistake is a lesson, unless you make the same mistake twice.”īeauregard Montage ( nicknamed ‘Bug’) is a black man in his late thirties who is feeling the squeeze of financial commitments. ![]()
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