{"id":24029,"date":"2020-07-27T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=24029"},"modified":"2021-05-22T09:51:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T13:51:13","slug":"24029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=24029","title":{"rendered":"More Better Deals by Joe R. Lansdale \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More Better Deals<\/strong><\/a> by Joe R. Lansdale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hardcover: 272 pages
\nPublisher: Mulholland Books<\/p>\n

First sentence…<\/p>\n

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I folded the check and put it in my shirt pocket and tried not to grin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

Ed Edwards is a used car salesman and a big believer in buyer beware<\/em>.\u00a0 Ed’s not above rolling back an odometer, telling little lies or flirting with a customer if it means a sale.\u00a0 Ed’s doing okay, but is okay ever enough?\u00a0 Ed dreams of bigger things than being top salesman in a two man used car lot.<\/p>\n

When Ed’s boss sends him to repossess a Cadillac, he meets Nancy.\u00a0 At first Ed just wants the caddy, but Nancy is beautiful and flirty.\u00a0 When Nancy invites Ed in for a drink, he doesn’t hesitate.\u00a0 Sure, she’s married, but that’s on her, right?\u00a0 Unhappily married as it turns out.\u00a0 Even better.\u00a0 One thing leads to another and before too long Ed and Nancy’s hot affair turns to thoughts of murder.<\/p>\n

See if Nancy’s big, dumb brute of a husband wasn’t in the picture, she and Ed could make some real money with the drive-in and pet cemetery businesses that her husband owns.\u00a0 You can guess the rest… except you can’t because Joe Lansdale is writing this tale!<\/p>\n

Joe crafts More<\/span> Better<\/span> Deals<\/span> with the dark humor and memorable characters that we’ve come to expect from this master storyteller.\u00a0 I blazed through loving every page and unexpected twist.\u00a0 If you’re a fan of noir and stories like The Postman Always Rings Twice<\/em> and Double Indemnity<\/em> then More Better Deals<\/strong><\/a> is for you.\u00a0 (And don’t say I didn’t warn you about a scene so creepy it will stay with you for days!)<\/p>\n

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