{"id":36733,"date":"2024-11-25T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36733"},"modified":"2024-11-24T23:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T04:03:47","slug":"the-amateurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36733","title":{"rendered":"THE AMATEURS by Marcus Sakey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE AMATEURS<\/a> by Robert Crais<\/p>\n

First sentence…<\/p>\n

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LATER JENN LACIE WOULD SPEND a lot of time trying to pinpoint the exact moment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

Every Thursday night for the last decade Alex, Ian, Jenn and Mitch have met for drinks.\u00a0 A decade ago they were young and had dreams.\u00a0 Now none are where they thought they’d be.<\/p>\n

Ian is day trader stuck in a job going nowhere.\u00a0 Mitch isn’t doing any better working as a doorman at the Continental Hotel.\u00a0 Jenn is a travel agent who longs for adventure.\u00a0 Alex is bartending for a jerk named Johnny Loverin aka Johnny Love.\u00a0 He dresses fancy and flaunts his money.\u00a0 Everyone is sure Johnny Love is into some illegal stuff.<\/p>\n

So when Alex overhears about one of Johnny Love’s drug deals, he tells his friends.\u00a0 Alex’s idea is to get to the meet before the thugs with the drugs show up.\u00a0 They’ll rip off Johnny Love for his cash.\u00a0 Then a clean getaway and a four way split with no one being the wiser.\u00a0 If all four work together, they’ll provide each other with an alibi.\u00a0 Alex says no one will suspect them.\u00a0 Easy money and no one gets hurt.<\/p>\n

The friends reluctantly agree.<\/p>\n

Of course the ripoff goes sideways.\u00a0 People are killed.\u00a0 It wasn’t drugs that were being dealt.\u00a0 Something much worse.<\/p>\n

Now the cops are closing in.\u00a0 So are the gangsters.\u00a0 Friendship only goes so far when survival is at stake.<\/p>\n

+++++<\/p>\n

Marcus Sakey has created another winner.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong>
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