Nowhere Nice
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The nastiest meth lord in three states is out for revenge on Southern repo-man Nick Reid in the next riotously funny Delta noir novel from Rick Gavin
The last time Nick Reid and his pal Desmond tangled with that crazy meth-dealer Boudrot, Boudrot landed in jail and Nick and Desmond helped themselves to the several hundred grand in cash hidden in his trailer. Now Boudrot's made a jailbreak and escaped into the bayou. In pure spiteful nastiness, Boudrot is three cuts above your regular dime-a-dozen lowlife, and it's a sure bet he's out for revenge on everyone involved in last year's incident. Nick and Desmond immediately set out to warn the innocent—relatively speaking, anyway—of trouble to come, and proceed to round up the troops for a showdown. But that Boudrot is even meaner and crazier than they've bargained for, and Nick and Desmond will be lucky to make it through alive on this wild, wacky chase through the Mississippi Delta.
With Nowhere Nice, Rick Gavin has done it again—readers will laugh aloud and feel like they've been to Mississippi themselves as they cheer right alongside Nick and Desmond on their latest raucous adventure in the South.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Gavin's madcap third crime novel featuring Nick Reid and his huge black friend, Desmond (after 2012's Beluga), takes the pair far from their home turf of the Mississippi Delta. Guy Baptiste Boudrot, who stole Reid's treasured 1969 Ford Ranchero in 2011's Ranchero, has escaped from the notorious state penitentiary known as Parchman, where he was serving a 20-year sentence. Out for vengeance, Boudrot has a long hit list, and Reid and Desmond set out to warn others involved in putting away "that Boudrot," as people often refer to the nasty lowlife, who soon kills a man for his car and slaughters a goat and some coon dogs. The trail leads from the Delta to Arkansas, to Vicksburg, Miss., and on to Tuscaloosa, Ala., with frequent fights and food stops, as well as increasing damage to Desmond's beloved Ford Escalade. Gavin provides plenty of low-down laughs on the way to a final showdown with "that Boudrot."
Customer Reviews
O.K.
He writes about a area I grew up in and does a creditable job at poking fun at the obvious targets. Those bits are too few and do not carry the book however. The story had merit but the lack of writing skill which relies on too much contrived "action" fails to hold the readers attention. I guess when in doubt throw in a dog.