Author: Lou Berney
Publisher: William Morrow
Date of publication: October 2018
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 more 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.
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About Lou Berney
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Lou Berney is the author of three previous novels, Gutshot
Straight, Whiplash River, and multiple prize-winning The Long
and Faraway Gone. His short fiction has appeared in publications such
as The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and the Pushcart Prize anthology.
He lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Thanks for featuring this book for the tour!
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