A Long Crazy Burn, Jeff Johnson
A Long Crazy Burn, Jeff Johnson
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A Long Crazy Burn
A Darby Holland Crime Novel

Author: Jeff Johnson

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/21/2019


Synopsis

The second in the series of funny noir crime novels set in Portland, Oregon’s seedy side, featuring Darby Holland, owner of The Lucky Supreme tattoo parlor, and his slightly mad side kick—the twiggy, vinyl clad tattoo artist, DeliaTime is up in Old Town. As the pace of gentrification reaches frenzy in Portland, Oregon, Darby Holland’s beloved tattoo parlor, Lucky Supreme, is destroyed by a bomb that ripped through an entire city block. Only a warning call from his favorite prostitute saved his life. Developers have been like wolves at the door of Dmitri (the drunken landlord) for the past few years, but this is different.With nothing to lose, Darby goes on a rampage to discover first the bomber then the developer who set everything in motion, and along the way falls under FBI suspicion, messes with dangerous pimps and drug lords, gets his face permanently rearranged, and, then, at the lowest point in his adult life, Darby Holland meets the woman of his dreams. Long, lanky, smart, and a foot taller than Darby, Suzanne is a woman of enormous appetite. Darby has finally met his match in bed and at the dinner table. But Suzanne, for all her strength and wisdom, can’t save Darby from his enemies. Fortunately, Delia (Darby’s tiny vinyl clad side-kick) and her punk-rock boyfriend’s band can, and in one of the most outrageous capers in crime fiction, Darby, Big Mike, Nigel, and Flaco (Lucky Supreme faithfuls) impersonate restaurant staff to brilliantly orchestrate a kidnapping of a Russian crime boss, making full use of an Armenian smuggling operation to pave the way for justice and the resurrection of the Lucky Supreme.

About Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson burst onto the literary scene in 2009 with his critically lauded memoir Tattoo Machine: Tall Tales, True Stories, and My Life in Ink filled with stories from his thirty-year career as a tattoo artist in the Pacific Northwest. Johnson is now a full-time writer, artist, and film maker. He is the author of a modern twist on a werewolf tale, Everything under the Moon; the Darby Holland crime series novels, Lucky Supreme and A Long Crazy Burn; the Philadelphia noir Deadbomb Bingo Ray, and the offbeat Knottspeed, A Love Story.

About Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka has appeared in many films, including The Dark Knight, Missing, and A Perfect World, and on such television shows as The Equalizer, Angel, Cold Case, Golden Years, and Profit. Szarabajka has also appeared in several episodes of Selected Shorts for National Public Radio. He won the 2001 Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for his reading of Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and has won several Earphones Awards.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ainslee || Jest and Hearts on November 21, 2017

3.25/5 stars Let me start off by saying I absolutely hate the cover of this book. I'm the type of person that will buy a book based on the cover and this is not appealing to me at all. I do get that it fits the vibe of the book but, it is very unattractive. somethings to warn you about this book: - it......more

Goodreads review by Ann on June 15, 2020

Darby owed a tattoo shop someone burnt it down with a few of the connected buildings. Darby gets beat up a awful lot of times thru out. For a name like Darby I think it doesn't fit him well. His best friend Delia is a weird dress to say the least so be prepared for some wild described outfits. Darby......more

Goodreads review by Travis on April 12, 2020

I was looking for some dumb escapism and knew I'd get it here. Not as good as Lucky Supreme, but a quick and fun read all the same.......more

Goodreads review by lara on June 19, 2018

meh. I liked the first one, but this one has too much Bad Boy Hero Who Gets The Posh Girl And Foils The Mobsters for me to suspend disbelief.......more

Goodreads review by John on May 24, 2023

NO! This is the middle book of a trio. It may be my reason for such a low "star" rating. Oh well, must move on from it. Later. Keep Reading.......more


Quotes

“Johnson’s frenetic follow-up to Lucky Supreme opens with a bang…takes readers on a wickedly rough, terribly strange, oddly amusing trip.” Publishers Weekly

“Cruises through Portland’s underworld with a raunchy grace and an unfailing sense of black humor. I loved it.” T. Jefferson Parker, three-time Edgar Award–winning author on Lucky Supreme