Blacktop Wasteland
by S.A. Cosby
narrated by Adam Lazarre-White
Published: 2020
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Hardback: 304
Rating: 5
Mystery, Thriller, Noir | Goodreads
Travel destination: Virginia
Zombie sighting:
A few patients tethered to IV's were moving past the staff like forlorn zombies.
-chapter 33
First sentence(s):
Beauregard through the night sky looked like a painting.
Beauregard “Bug” Montage is an honest mechanic, a loving husband, and a hard-working dad. Bug knows there’s no future in the man he used to be: known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best wheelman on the East Coast.
He thought he'd left all that behind him, but as his carefully built new life begins to crumble, he finds himself drawn inexorably back into a world of blood and bullets. When a smooth-talking former associate comes calling with a can't-miss jewelry store heist, Bug feels he has no choice but to get back in the driver's seat. And Bug is at his best where the scent of gasoline mixes with the smell of fear.
Haunted by the ghost of who he used to be and the father who disappeared when he needed him most, Bug must find a way to navigate this blacktop wasteland... or die trying.
My two-bits:
Cars, heists, bad guys, good guys...
Great wild ride with this gritty contemporary story with a noir vibe and thrilling car chase scenes.
* Listened to audiobook version.
* part of Armchair Autumn Travel (here)
* part of part of Summertime time (here)
