Do You like book God Is A Bullet (2015)?
Boston Teran? Boston Te-h-ran? Give us a break mate. But his book is as likely to make you boke as his name. Crime novels like this must make James Lee and Elmore weep, as it almost did to me. It's like he's trying to write the most violent, most terrifying, most piercing commentary on the vileness of the human condition EVER, and it's toe-curlingly awful. The dialogue. Where do I begin? The unnecessary cruelty. The complete and utter lack of humour that made something like The Crosskiller readable. This wasn't.
—Jim
In God is a Bullet, Bob Hightower rescues Gabi from the cult who kidnapped her. In the end, who or what was the evil? -- Cyrus or the greed that created him? Case, as the ex junkie who helps Bob find Gabi, is a fallen angel. She shows a courage and strength that any straight person can only hope to attain. Grace under fire, poise under pressure. Sure hope they end up together in the end. I remember being absolutely riveted by the moment when the title of the book was connected. I remember being
—Ann
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this thriller as much as I did. I was expecting nothing more than gory details offered for shock value and there was plenty of that but quite a bit more. It was a psychological study of what people have to do to survive in a less than perfect world. Cyrus is the head of a Charles Manson style cult that traffics in drugs, prostitution, murder and mayhem and some of the story delves into the roots of his evil. We are given glimpses of his connections to polite society when he's hired to murder a man having an affair with the sheriff's wife. For reasons of his own, Cyrus has his crew murder not only the man but his wife as well, and then abducts her adolescent daughter to punish a grandfather who we later discover helped to make him the man he has become. The girl's father, a sheriff's department desk jockey begins a desperate search to rescue his daughter. Bob Hightower is contacted by a recovering heroine addict who has inside information about Cyrus because she is an escapee from his cult. Case was used and abused by Cyrus and his minions and there are graphic flashbacks that also gives us a glimpse of the fate of Bob's daughter. Case teams up with Bob and the chase is on. I found myself caring about Case and Bob in this riveting tale while I tried to imagine myself in a similar situation.
—Michael Alan Grapin