Six Bad Things, Charlie Huston
Six Bad Things, Charlie Huston
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Six Bad Things

Author: Charlie Huston

Narrator: Christian Conn

Unabridged: 9 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2007

Synopsis

Henry "Hank" Thompson's got a good thing going—a hut on a quiet Mexican beach, morning swims, a nice breakfast place a few miles down shore … until a backpacker with a Russian accent shows up and starts asking questions about his past. Questions Hank doesn't want to deal with. And then the backpacker mentions the money … and Hank's parents. So Hank makes a fateful move … because no one threatens Hank's family. Now Thompson is on the run—dodging federales and Russian mobsters, sneaking past the US Border Patrol, negotiating with nefarious businessmen, and trying desperately to avoid dying at the hands of two hell-bent surfer bums who fancy themselves his allies. The result is a full-throttle thriller, a cinematic adventure full of booze, bullets, loyalty, and love.

About Charlie Huston

Charlie Huston is the bestselling author of The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death; The Shotgun Rule; the Henry Thompson trilogy, which includes the Edgar Award–nominated Six Bad Things; and the Joe Pitt Casebooks. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actress Virginia Louise Smith.

About Christian Conn

Christian Conn is a classically trained actor. He has performed on stage in theaters across the United States and internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His audiobook narrations include Roddy Doyle’s Oh, Play That Thing and Charlie Huston’s Six Bad Things and Caught Stealing. He earned a BFA from Rutgers University and studied at the London Academy of Theatre. Christian lives and works in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve

Damn. This was good. Extreme carnage, great dialogue, along with a number of darkly funny moments. Six Bad Things actually starts out slowly, with Thompson hiding out (see the first book in the series, Caught Stealing) on a beach in Mexico. But don't let that fool you, as you sense approaching dange......more

Goodreads review by Josh

SIX BAD THINGS, the second book in the Hank Thompson trilogy echoes Elmore Leonard’s dialogue with Charlie Huston’s trademark dark humour, action packed violence and comedic-like killer routine. Following on from the events of CAUGHT STEALING, Hank finds himself living a life of leisure on an off-th......more

Goodreads review by Joanne

The follow up to the great Caught Stealing finds Hank Thompson living the life in Mexico with his cat Bud until a Russian backpacker shows up asking questions Hank doesn't want to answer. He quickly finds himself on the run again from the Russian mafia, vigilantes, extortionists and drug dealers, an......more

Goodreads review by Ladiibbug

#2 Hank Thompson trilogy - Noir Crime Drama First Read: Approx. 2009, 5 stars Second Read: 3/2016, 5 stars After the hair-raising, exciting and violent events in book 1, the excellent Caught Stealing, Hank Thompson has, for the time being, dodged the numerous dangerous groups who are hot on his trail.......more

Goodreads review by Gary

A Guy's Book There is probably the literary equivalent of the "chick flick." This isn't it. Hank Thompson seems like your average beach bum. An American ex-pat whiling away his days on Mexico's Yucatan coast - sun, surf, a beach bungalow, passive owner of an open-air beach bar dive. But as the story......more

Quotes

“Huston writes dialogue so combustible it could fuel a bus and characters crazy enough to take it on the road. Passengers, line up here.” New York Times

“Six Bad Things is so good, in part, because Huston manages to make it horrific, hilarious, and hip. If Huston’s literary godfathers include Raymond Chandler and Elmore Leonard, they also include Hunter S. Thompson, who would have appreciated the speed freaks, crank heads, gun nuts, Russian mobsters, greedy federales, and assorted geeks and psychos who populate these pages…This crazed, wildly readable adventure works because Huston writes with such delicious, deadpan verve and because Hank, his self-described mad-dog killer, is such an appealing, totally cool dude.” Washington Post

“More than fulfilling the promise of Huston’s 2004 debut, Caught Stealing, this remarkably assured hard-boiled caper has rapid-fire pacing, dead-on dialogue, and a beleaguered protagonist who just can’t get a break…Will leave readers anxious for more.” Publishers Weekly

Awards

  • Anthony Award
  • Barry Award
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award
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