Lucky Supreme, Jeff Johnson
Lucky Supreme, Jeff Johnson
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Lucky Supreme
A Novel of Many Crimes

Author: Jeff Johnson

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2019


Synopsis

The night world of Old Town, Portland, Oregon, has gone mad in the grip of gentrification, and at the center of it all is Lucky Supreme, a seedy tattoo parlor, whose proprietor is a street-bred artist with a unique approach to problem solving. Darby Holland has enough on his radar, but when some flash (tattoo artwork) stolen from him resurfaces in California, he can’t help himself. His efforts to reclaim it set him on a dangerous path, dragging along his delightfully eccentric colleagues, including the brains behind his brawn, Delia, a twiggy vinyl-clad punk genius secretly from the other side of the tracks.No one knows why the art signed “Roland Norton, Panama, 1955” is worth anything or how it came to hang on the walls of a tattoo shop in Portland. Only the deranged former owner can say—and he’s not talking. Before the wrecking balls swing through Old Town in the name of “progress,” Darby must settle old scores and face new demons to save his reputation, his shop, and his sanity. When cash, lies, crime, and history collide, Darby will need his ramshackle skill set, his wits, and a lot of luck to rise to the top of a human food chain, or be eaten alive.Lucky Supreme is an intuitive thrill ride from start to finish in the spirit of Elmore Leonard and Dennis Lehane. It is the first of a trilogy featuring Darby Holland, Delia, and the other unforgettable nocturnal residents of Old Town.

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 Dan on August 08, 2017

This is an extremely well written book. It is very gritty, old school, and has great imagery. I am going to have to check out his other books.......more

Goodreads review by Luca on March 15, 2018

"Ma dove sei?" "In libreria, perché?" "Ancora?" "Ma scusa che ore sono?" "Sei uscito di casa tre ore fa." "AH" Funziona più o meno così, entro in una delle innumerevoli librerie di Milano e semplicemente la concezione di tempo svanisce. Mi perdo letteralmente tra i libri, mi lascio ispirare, lascio che sia......more

Goodreads review by Il confine on February 02, 2018

Cari lettori, eccomi qui a parlarvi di un thriller che ho concluso da poco. Sì tratta di "Lucky Supreme", scritto da Jeff Johnson. Ho trovato non poche difficoltà nella lettura, forse non è il mio periodo fortunato con i thriller, ma non ho mollato, anzi l'ho portato a termine come una sfida con me......more

Goodreads review by Ramona on August 11, 2017

First of all I would like to thank Mr. Johnson, Arcade Publishing and Goodreads for a great summer read. The plot moved along quickly and for all his shortcomings I like the main character. Darby is an ethical man and tries to treat people fairly. The environment he lives in in not a suburb, 2 kids......more

Goodreads review by Ted on April 30, 2017

Lucky Supreme: A Novel of Many Crimes (A Darby Holland Crime Novel) by Jeff Johnson (Arcade Publishing, 2017, 300 pages, $24.99/14.64) opened the world of tattoo culture to me, introducing me to people I don't know in a world I've always approached with suspicion. Lucky Supreme is a tattoo parlor in......more


Quotes

“What wonderful Northwest noir. Lucky Supreme cruises through Portland’s underworld with a raunchy grace and an unfailing sense of black humor. I loved it.” T. Jefferson Parker, New York Times bestselling author

“The bastard lovechild of Charles Bukowski and Raymond Chandler, Lucky Supreme is a novel so good you’ll want to ink it into your skin.” Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author

“As hip and cool as the neon rain-slicked streets of Portland…A funny and very gritty book with cool folks, cool music, and wonderful sense of place.” Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author

“A highly original caper novel…The inventive, unorthodox Darby effectively marshals his forces against thugs, officials, and even federal agents in this amusing crime tale.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)