{"id":22353,"date":"2019-07-23T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=22353"},"modified":"2021-03-22T22:36:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T02:36:28","slug":"dark-duet-by-eric-beetner-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=22353","title":{"rendered":"Dark Duet by Eric Beetner \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dark Duet<\/a> by Eric Beetner<\/p>\n

TPB: 224 pages
\nPublisher: Down and Out Books<\/p>\n

Dark<\/span> Duet<\/span>\u00a0 consists of two crime novellas, White Hot Pistol<\/em> and Blood on Their Hands.<\/em>\u00a0 You get two Eric Beetner yarns for the price of one!<\/p>\n

First sentence of White Hot Pistol<\/em>…<\/p>\n

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Nash remembered the first time he escaped this town.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Overview of White Hot Pistol<\/em>:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n

Nash had a plan.\u00a0 He was going to sneak back into the town that he’d left years before.\u00a0 He’d then get his sister, Jacy, out and away from her abusive step-father.\u00a0 It was supposed to be easy…<\/p>\n

It should have been easy despite the fact that Nash was wanted for questioning in a homicide and her step-father was the town sheriff.<\/p>\n

It could have been easy had Nash and Jacy not stumbled onto a drug deal gone bad.<\/p>\n

On the run from the cops and the drug dealer’s crew, with bodies piling up and no hope for help, now nothing would be easy.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

First sentence of Blood on Their Hands<\/em>…<\/p>\n

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Garrett had no idea breaking and entering would be so easy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n

Garrett, against his better judgment, joins his two high school buddies when they break into the Smart Mart late one night.\u00a0 The plan is to scarf some beers, grab some snacks and slip back out.<\/p>\n

Things go sideways when the men who own the store show up with the body of the guy they just killed.\u00a0 As the killers discuss how to dispose of the stiff, the boys make a run for it.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they’re seen and the chase is on.<\/p>\n

What chance do high school kids have against grown killers?\u00a0 Not much.\u00a0 Blood on Their Hands<\/em> takes place in the same town as White Hot Pistol<\/em> and features a few of the same characters.\u00a0 Bravo to Beetner for a couple of twists that were logical but totally surprising.<\/p>\n

If you like pulp, noir and stories that move, then Dark Duet<\/a> is for you.<\/p>\n

Rating: 4 of 5 stars.
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