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Reminiscent of Elmore Leonard with the flawed characters and realistic dialogue, this is a wild ride through the backwoods of Texas. Had a blast reading this and am looking forward to more from Pool and this Teller County series.
Cooper Daniels has come up with a sure fire plan. Take the marijuana he and his buddy, Davis, has grown and processed, stuff it in some furniture, load that furniture and a bunch of other assorted junk into one of those container units, and ship it down to Texas. Let somebody else do the high risk deed of driving the pot across state lines. Legalized pot in Colorado is killing their ability to sell his illegal weed. The market is collapsing around their ears and being the brains of the duo, it i...
I was not an admirer of Michael Pool’s novella DEBT CRUSHER, primarily for one reason: nearly nonexistent characterization. The antihero had no interests, no opinions, no past, no personality quirks, and seemed almost chemically leached of color. He was nobody to which a reader could form any kind of emotional attachment.I’m pleased to say that characterization is a particular strength of Pool’s first full-length novel, TEXAS TWO-STEP, which is flat-out terrific — a frothy, finely plotted blend
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.TEXAS TWO-STEP by Michael Pool (published April 2, 2018 by Down Out Books) is a wild romp involving criminals, lawmen (some are good, and some are crooked), and a whole lot of marijuana. Cooper and Davis are looking to sell one more load of some of Colorado's finest marijuana before they go straight. When their usual contact gets picked up in a raid, they turn to their old and unreliable friend Sancho. Sancho knows just who to sell the marijuana
Gritty Texas noir doesn't come grittier or more Texas than Mike Pool's Texas Two-Step, the first of Mike's Teller County series. When legalization of weed in Colorado lowers prices, two growers hatch a plan to sell their stash in East Texas. They soon learn that turning a quick profit can get complicated when you run afoul of a brutal Texas crime family, a crooked Sheriff, and the Texas Rangers. Twist follows twist and the action doesn't let up. Kick off your boots and grab a frosty Shiner Bock,...