Holy Death (A Billy Lafitte novel) by Anthony Neil Smith
Holy Death (A Billy Lafitte novel) by Anthony Neil Smith
Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Down & Out Books
First sentence…
One-thirty in the morning in a truck stop outside of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Holy Death is the fourth yarn in Anthony Neil Smith’s Billy Lafitte series. If you’re not familiar with it and you like crime stories, then you’re in for a treat.
Billy Lafitte is an ex-cop, an ex-con and is on the run from a prison escape. Lafitte’s in bad shape from steroid abuse and the wear and tear of escaping from the joint during a prison riot. Lafitte wants to make it back to his one true love to give her the merciful death she wants and then he hopes to disappear.
As luck [at least Lafitte’s luck] would have it, he crosses paths with DeVaughn Lagrenade, a professional gambler, ex-gang banger and brother of a kid that Lafitte killed. Now in addition to all the cops looking for him, Lafitte has Lagrenade, his psycho girlfriend and members of Lagrenade’s gang hunting him down. As they close in on him, Lafitte knows it’s his last chance to make it right [or as right as he can] for the love of his life and his dead child’s mother.
Holy Death is not for the faint of heart of the sqeemish, but if you like a gritty, modern crime story, then this may be for you. Holy Death is the fourth in the Billy Lafitte series and I’m hoping there’s more.
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