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A Dangerous Man

A Novel

A Novel

By Charlie Huston

By Charlie Huston

By Charlie Huston

By Charlie Huston

Best Seller

Part of Henry Thompson

Part of Henry Thompson

Paperback $15.00

Sep 19, 2006 | ISBN 9780345481337

Ebook $12.99

Sep 19, 2006 | ISBN 9780345495655

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    About A Dangerous Man

    “Huston writes dialogue so combustible it could fuel a bus and characters crazy enough to take it on the road.”—The New York Times Book Review
    Reluctant hitman Henry Thompson has fallen on hard times. His grip on life is disintegrating, his pistol hand shaking, his body pinned to his living room couch by painkillers–and his boss, Russian mobster David Dolokhov, isn’t happy about any of it. So Henry is surprised when he’s handed a new assignment: keep tabs on a minor league baseball star named Miguel Arenas.

    Henry has no pity for the slugger and the wicked gambling problem that got him in trouble, but he can’t help liking the guy. After all, Henry used to be just like him: a natural-born ball player with a bright future. But hell, that was long ago. Before Henry did some guy a favor and ended up running for his life. Before his girlfriend and buddies got gunned down by someone on his tail. Before he agreed to buy his parents’ safety with a life of violence.

    And when Miguel gets drafted by the Mets and is sent to the Brooklyn Cyclones, Henry must head back to New York, back to the place where all his problems began—and where Henry might find a real reason to keep living, a reason that may just cost him his life.

    Praise for A Dangerous Man

    “Among the new voices in twenty-first-century crime fiction, Charlie Huston . . . is where it’s at.”—The Washington Post

    “Huston reminds me of all my favorite writers–Pete Dexter, Robert Stone, Crumley. If there is such a thing as compassionate noir, Charlie has found it. He’s a true marvel.”—Ken Bruen, author of The Guards

    “Charlie Huston is the real deal.”—Peter Straub

    About A Dangerous Man

    “Huston writes dialogue so combustible it could fuel a bus and characters crazy enough to take it on the road.”—The New York Times Book Review
    Reluctant hitman Henry Thompson has fallen on hard times. His grip on life is disintegrating, his pistol hand shaking, his body pinned to his living room couch by painkillers–and his boss, Russian mobster David Dolokhov, isn’t happy about any of it. So Henry is surprised when he’s handed a new assignment: keep tabs on a minor league baseball star named Miguel Arenas.

    Henry has no pity for the slugger and the wicked gambling problem that got him in trouble, but he can’t help liking the guy. After all, Henry used to be just like him: a natural-born ball player with a bright future. But hell, that was long ago. Before Henry did some guy a favor and ended up running for his life. Before his girlfriend and buddies got gunned down by someone on his tail. Before he agreed to buy his parents’ safety with a life of violence.

    And when Miguel gets drafted by the Mets and is sent to the Brooklyn Cyclones, Henry must head back to New York, back to the place where all his problems began—and where Henry might find a real reason to keep living, a reason that may just cost him his life.

    Praise for A Dangerous Man

    “Among the new voices in twenty-first-century crime fiction, Charlie Huston . . . is where it’s at.”—The Washington Post

    “Huston reminds me of all my favorite writers–Pete Dexter, Robert Stone, Crumley. If there is such a thing as compassionate noir, Charlie has found it. He’s a true marvel.”—Ken Bruen, author of The Guards

    “Charlie Huston is the real deal.”—Peter Straub

    Read An Excerpt

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    Also by Charlie Huston

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    See all books by Charlie Huston

    Also by Charlie Huston

    Sleepless
    The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death
    My Dead Body
    The Shotgun Rule
    Every Last Drop
    See all books by Charlie Huston

    About Charlie Huston

    Charlie Huston is the author of the bestsellers The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death and The Shotgun Rule, as well as the Henry Thompson trilogy, the Joe Pitt casebooks, and several titles for Marvel Comics. He lives with his family… More about Charlie Huston

    About Charlie Huston

    Charlie Huston is the author of the bestsellers The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death and The Shotgun Rule, as well as the Henry Thompson trilogy, the Joe Pitt casebooks, and several titles for Marvel Comics. He lives with his family… More about Charlie Huston

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Mysteries | Noir Mysteries

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Sep 19, 2006 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780345481337

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Mysteries | Noir Mysteries

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Sep 19, 2006 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780345495655

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    Praise

    “Huston writes dialogue so combustible it could fuel a bus and characters crazy enough to take it on the road.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Among the new voices in twenty-first-century crime fiction, Charlie Huston . . . is where it’s at.”—The Washington Post

    “Huston reminds me of all my favorite writers–Pete Dexter, Robert Stone, Crumley. If there is such a thing as compassionate noir, Charlie has found it. He’s a true marvel.”—Ken Bruen, author of The Guards 

    “Charlie Huston is the real deal.”—Peter Straub

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