Recoil, Brian Garfield
Recoil, Brian Garfield
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Recoil

Author: Brian Garfield

Narrator: Dan Westwood

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/03/2013


Synopsis

Years after testifying against a crime boss and going into hiding, an honest man who was only following his conscience finds his cover blown and the mob out to exact its revenge.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on October 10, 2022

From 1977, this is a revenge thriller with a great narrative thrust. Fred Mathieson is in witness protection when the Mafia boss he helped put away is released from prison determined on vengeance. Mathieson hires Diego Vasquez, whose team protects and hides his family and trains him and a friend as......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on April 25, 2024

I very much enjoyed this novel. Unfortunately some sections drag and seem to stray. Also, the third act feels rushed. Would love to see a film adaptation in the vein of The Conversation meets The Friends of Eddie Coyle meets The Long Goodbye......more

Goodreads review by Bent on September 18, 2022

3 plus to 3.5......more

Goodreads review by David on April 16, 2021

clever and gripping......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on January 20, 2024

4 stars from younger me......more