"Another hair-raising thrill ride through the gritty underbelly of organized crime."

By: Tom Piccirilli

Genres: Suspense | Thriller Crime

Posted: January 16, 2009

In this follow-up to THE COLD SPOT, Chase is on a mission to find is grandfather Jonah, a legendary criminal with a serious brutal streak. Rumor has it Jonah has committed murder and kidnapped a child, his young daughter. Chase is determined to find Jonah and save the little girl from the childhood Chase endured while being raised by his grandfather.

Still reeling from the death of his wife, Chase is forced into the world of crime he left behind in able to raise enough capital to go after Jonah once and for all. In the process, Chase mixes it up with a bumbling mafia family and on the verge of self-destruction, teenage hookers scoring at cheap Interstate motels and fat-cat drug pushers in sleazy bars.

Chase is constantly haunted throughout the book by the ghosts of his parents, sibling and wife. They push him forward to seek truth and justice and stop Jonah. Chase's intimate knowledge of the crime world paired with his conscious make for a gripping read.

Book Summary

Raised to be a thief and getaway driver, Chase left the bent life after he found his true love, Lila. For ten years he walked the straight and narrow—until Lila was murdered. Now Chase is looking for his grandfather Jonah, the stone-cold-killer con man who raised him anis the last living repository of his family’s darkest secrets. In returning to his criminal roots, Chase hopes to save Jonah’s infant daughter from the life that Chase himself can’t escape.

But first he’ll need a score. Chase thinks he’s found it as a driver for a dysfunctional crime family that’s anything but organized. With the Langans’ patriarch dying, the once powerful syndicate may unravel before Chase can rip it off. If he survives the bloodbath to come, he’ll face an even uglier showdown. Because his grandfather Jonah is waiting for him at the coldest family reunion this side of hell.

The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli

The Coldest Mile

by: Tom Piccirilli

Bantam
March 1, 2009
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Featuring:
352 pages
ISBN: 0553590855
EAN: 9780553590852
Paperback

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