Phil in SF reviewed A Dangerous Man by Charlie Huston (Henry Thompson, #3)
Fitting finish
4 stars
Hank Thompson owed money to a Russian mobster, but couldn't pay. The mobster has Hank's face changed with cosmetic surgery and uses him as someone to break legs or kill. But Hank needs more and more drugs to get through it and is still not able to do the job properly.
I didn't think I would like this one very much. Hank as a reluctant but effective hit man? That's sorta what the ending to book 2 promised. If that didn't come about, I didn't think I wanted a rehash of the previous two stories where Hank goes on the run for extended chapters, barely able to get through each encounter with a bad guy and there are so many bad guys. There's a little of that, but it doesn't drag on. Huston must've figured that would be tiresome.
If you've read the previous Henry Thompson books, you know how …
Hank Thompson owed money to a Russian mobster, but couldn't pay. The mobster has Hank's face changed with cosmetic surgery and uses him as someone to break legs or kill. But Hank needs more and more drugs to get through it and is still not able to do the job properly.
I didn't think I would like this one very much. Hank as a reluctant but effective hit man? That's sorta what the ending to book 2 promised. If that didn't come about, I didn't think I wanted a rehash of the previous two stories where Hank goes on the run for extended chapters, barely able to get through each encounter with a bad guy and there are so many bad guys. There's a little of that, but it doesn't drag on. Huston must've figured that would be tiresome.
If you've read the previous Henry Thompson books, you know how this will end. But it got there in a satisfying manner, and none of it wore out its welcome for me.