{"id":40728,"date":"2026-01-23T07:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40728"},"modified":"2026-01-23T07:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:49:26","slug":"40728","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40728","title":{"rendered":"RIGHTEOUS TRASH by Nick Kolakowski \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4mBT0Y5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z012326zview_righteoustrash.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NH9Bxa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIGHTEOUS TRASH<\/a> by Nick Kolakowski<\/p>\n<p>First sentence&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was midnight but I was still wide awake in bed when the security lights in the back yard blazed to life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jake Halligan needs a break.\u00a0 He&#8217;s not making much as a bounty hunter.\u00a0 If his finanaces don&#8217;t improve, he could lose everything.\u00a0 His land.\u00a0 His wife.\u00a0 His daughter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Jake&#8217;s crazy sister, Frankie unexpectedly returns from Mexico, Jake doesn&#8217;t know what to expect.\u00a0 Frankie has come back to restart her illegal arms business.\u00a0 Jake wants no part of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Frankie is the best shot Jake (or nearly anyone) has ever seen.\u00a0 Frankie plans to enter and win Crazy Bill&#8217;s world famous shooting contest. Frankie knows the grand prize money will give her the startup cash she needs.\u00a0 There&#8217;s just one problem.\u00a0 She has to win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jake has faith in Frankie.\u00a0 Although the contest draws crack shots from around the country, Frankie is the best.\u00a0 Even on a bad day, Frankie would be tough to beat.\u00a0 Jake decides to take a leap of faith.\u00a0 He goes to a loan shark and borrows $100,000.00.\u00a0 He&#8217;s going to bet it all on Frankie winning.\u00a0 If she does Jake can pay off the loan plus interest and be flush again. But if Frankie doesn&#8217;t win, Jake will lose everything including his life.\u00a0 The loan shark told him as much.<\/p>\n<p>Soon Jake and Frankie are the targets of rival gangs, corrupt politicians, and Federal Agents.\u00a0 Oh, and let&#8217;s not forget the loan shark who wants his money&#8230; or Jake dead.<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RIGHTEOUS TRASH is the third outing for Jake and Frankie.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re a fan of crime stories featuring non-stop action with a nice mix of humor, then this one is for you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rating:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIGHTEOUS TRASH by Nick Kolakowski First sentence&#8230; It was midnight but I was still wide awake in bed when the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[52,51,63,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-crime","category-humor","category-z-view"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41013,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40728\/revisions\/41013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}