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A Dangerous Man

By: Charlie Huston
Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
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Reluctant hit man Henry Thompson has fallen on hard times. His grip on life is disintegrating, his pistol hand is shaking, his body is pinned to his living room couch by painkillers - and his boss, Russian mobster David Dolokhov, isn't happy about any of it. So Henry is surprised when he's handed a new assignment: Keep tabs on a minor league baseball star named Miguel Arenas.

Henry has no pity for the slugger and the wicked gambling problem that got him in trouble, but he can't help liking the guy. After all, Henry used to be just like him, a natural-born ball player with a bright future. But that was long ago, before Henry did some guy a favor and ended up running for his life; before his girlfriend and buddies got gunned down by someone on his tail; before he agreed to buy his parents' safety with a life of violence.

When Miguel gets drafted by the Mets and is sent to the Brooklyn Cyclones, Henry must head back to New York, back to the place where all his problems began and where Henry might find a real reason to keep living - a reason that may just cost him his life.

©2006 Charlie Huston (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Dangerous to begin at the end of a series

First, this is a weird book to listen to because this is part of a trilogy. The last part of that trilogy. And this makes the book far less enjoyable than it should be. I hope Audible puts the rest of the series up so that this one will make sense.

Of course, the lead character (Henry) will tell you everything that has happened to himself. Huston has an interesting writing style, but it's not conducive to reading out loud. The book begins and ends in various places, jumps around to different scenes, and switches between internal and external monologues. The narrator does a good job inflecting these differences though, so nothing is lost. Clipped sentences. Occasionally annoying. Bad.

The story is pretty much Joe Pitt. The guy is in love with a fallen girl (Pitt had a girl with AIDS and this guy is in love with a stripper), he's a junkie (Joe Pitt was an ex-junkie), he's a big guy with a messed up face, (Joe Pitt had lost his eye in the series), and suffers from numerous other injuries.

The difference is the main characters and how they deal with these problems. Joe dealt with it by making snark remarks and killing people, while this guy deals with it by popping pills and whining. Of course, he does eventually clean himself up and go about doing semi-heroic things, but you have to get past a lot of whining. A lot. Like a whole, whole lot.

I think that if the books were read in order and we'd seen the downfall of the main character a la' MacBeth, this would have been more enjoyable. If you jump straight into the third book, you have a fallen hero whining about his fall until he (finally) goes about fixing it. Despite doing awful things to people, (or attempting to, the book begins with him losing his appetite to kill and a hired thug has to do all the work), you feel some sympathy for a guy who can't catch a break.

Do yourself a favor and wait for the rest of this series to be posted up and then get it. I got it because I am a Huston fan, but I'll have to come back to this again when the rest is out.

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A Dangerous Man is FANTASTIC!

Sorry this is ONLY a Trilogy! Didn't want this non-stop action thrill ride of a Series to end!
Unbelievable how a regular guys life can turn on a dime!
Guess we should all be aware for the seemingly
Impossible being possible!
I know I won't be taking things for granted as much!

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Breaks my heart every time...

I love the book (and trilogy) but didn't care for this reader. It was probably intentional, but there was nothing naturalistic about his delivery, especially in Henry's voice. It felt as though he was declaiming every line. At first I didn't care for the reader of the second book, but grew accustomed to his voice and natural delivery very quickly. I kept hoping the same would happen with this book, but it never did.
I've read the trilogy at least three times but this is my first time listening to it: still thrilling, tragic, and triumphant!

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Great trilogu

Wonderful narrator. Fantastic third part of a trilogy of wonderful crime fiction. Highly recommended. Don't forget to read Parts one and two.

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great series

loved the series. You could feel the ending coming for a long time and I guess it was inevitable but still sad.

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Need another!

I found the story of Henry good but not very plausible. Henry was an idiot. Every time he turned around there was another problem he had to deal with. I didn't like the end, so I wish there was another book to follow up!

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Very painful

I cannot understand how the character survived from the first book even with a poor story line.

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Are you kidding me

The 1st two of the books in the Henry Thompson series were pretty good, but this book was grueling. Not to mention that the narrator was horrible. Well let me be honest, after i sped up the narration speed, I was able to get through it a bit better, but when it came to the end, it made me want to scream. Moral of this review is, to only listen to the 1st two books in this series, because then at least you'll end things on a good note. If you waste your time listening to this book, you'll be just as disappointed, annoyed and frustrated as I am

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fun ride! especially if u read the 1st

Well done author author!
I was surprised & quite happily so that I happened upon this collection of stories about HENRY. U wont b able 3 read the 1st novel because just now, it's not in their library for us. I'm sure they'll get it. I'd be happy 2 go back & read the beginning of this 3 novel story about a guy w/ talent for things he ought not be. His only Family members are being threatened by a Russian Mobster! What else can go wrong?

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Great story. Terrible narration

Another great book by Charlie Huston that I have looked forward to. Unfortunately, the experience is spoiled by the terrible performance of Charlie Thurston whose overly animated storytelling like he is talking to a room of preschoolers is the most disappointing narration I have hear in a long time. Not sure I can make it through the rest of the book.

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