| Author: | James Carlos Blake | ISBN: | 9780802193292 |
| Publisher: | Grove Atlantic | Publication: | July 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Mysterious Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | James Carlos Blake |
| ISBN: | 9780802193292 |
| Publisher: | Grove Atlantic |
| Publication: | July 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Mysterious Press |
| Language: | English |
A riveting crime thriller and an epic revenge tale ripped straight from the pages of today’s headlines.
Eddie Gato Wolfe is a young, impetuous member of the Wolfe family of Texas gun-runners that goes back generations. Increasingly unfulfilled by his minor role in family operations and eager to set out on his own, Eddie crosses the border to work security for a major Mexican drug cartel led by the ruthless La Navaja.
Eddie falls for a mysterious woman named Miranda, whom he learns too late is the property of an intimate member of La Navaja’s organization. When their romance is discovered, Eddie and Miranda are forced to run for their lives, fleeing into the deadly Sonora Desert in hope of crossing the border to safety. But La Navaja’s reach is far and his lust for revenge insatiable. If La Navaja’s men don’t kill Eddie and Miranda, the brutal desert just may. Their only hope: help from the family that Eddie abandoned.
A “tough, honed-to-the-bone thriller” (Dallas Morning News) and an inside look at the blood-drenched Mexican drug trade, The Rules of Wolfe is “one hell of a ride” (Booklist, starred review), shortlisted for the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger Award and a Men’s Journal Best Book of the Year.
“Brilliant . . . Blake’s masterful action-driven narrative and his revealing look at the ultraviolent Mexican drug trade rival the best of Don Winslow and Kem Nunn.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Blake’s customary zest for life and death makes his latest modern historical thriller violent, sexy and exciting.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This sand-blasted odyssey is quick, bloody and beautiful with prose as eloquent and unexpected as a cactus flower.” —Madison County Herald
A riveting crime thriller and an epic revenge tale ripped straight from the pages of today’s headlines.
Eddie Gato Wolfe is a young, impetuous member of the Wolfe family of Texas gun-runners that goes back generations. Increasingly unfulfilled by his minor role in family operations and eager to set out on his own, Eddie crosses the border to work security for a major Mexican drug cartel led by the ruthless La Navaja.
Eddie falls for a mysterious woman named Miranda, whom he learns too late is the property of an intimate member of La Navaja’s organization. When their romance is discovered, Eddie and Miranda are forced to run for their lives, fleeing into the deadly Sonora Desert in hope of crossing the border to safety. But La Navaja’s reach is far and his lust for revenge insatiable. If La Navaja’s men don’t kill Eddie and Miranda, the brutal desert just may. Their only hope: help from the family that Eddie abandoned.
A “tough, honed-to-the-bone thriller” (Dallas Morning News) and an inside look at the blood-drenched Mexican drug trade, The Rules of Wolfe is “one hell of a ride” (Booklist, starred review), shortlisted for the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger Award and a Men’s Journal Best Book of the Year.
“Brilliant . . . Blake’s masterful action-driven narrative and his revealing look at the ultraviolent Mexican drug trade rival the best of Don Winslow and Kem Nunn.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Blake’s customary zest for life and death makes his latest modern historical thriller violent, sexy and exciting.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This sand-blasted odyssey is quick, bloody and beautiful with prose as eloquent and unexpected as a cactus flower.” —Madison County Herald
