Fortunate Son
Published on 25. November 2024
250 pages
978-1-5040-9086-5 (ISBN)
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Two abandoned brothers. One got lucky. One got even... "Pedal-to-the-metal narrative drive [and] quirky, Elmore Leonard-style characters.... [A] winner." ¿
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Thirteen years ago, the Jakes brothers were found in the trailer where they'd been left by their mother. The youngest boy, Keith, found a happy home. The oldest son, Mick, never did, but he always dreamed of the day when the siblings might be reunited.
Now, Mick is determined to make that happen-even if it means kidnapping Keith...
Meanwhile, the mother they haven't seen in years is in trouble. And things are rapidly spinning out of control. All three are in far greater danger than they bargained for, and as the brothers are forced to fight for their survival once again, neither knows who to trust, or who'll be left standing at the end...
"Reminded me by turns of everything from Stephen Hunter's Dirty White Boys to Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men.... It would be tough to find a better book to read this summer." ¿ Bookreporter
Thirteen years ago, the Jakes brothers were found in the trailer where they'd been left by their mother. The youngest boy, Keith, found a happy home. The oldest son, Mick, never did, but he always dreamed of the day when the siblings might be reunited.
Now, Mick is determined to make that happen-even if it means kidnapping Keith...
Meanwhile, the mother they haven't seen in years is in trouble. And things are rapidly spinning out of control. All three are in far greater danger than they bargained for, and as the brothers are forced to fight for their survival once again, neither knows who to trust, or who'll be left standing at the end...
"Reminded me by turns of everything from Stephen Hunter's Dirty White Boys to Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men.... It would be tough to find a better book to read this summer." ¿ Bookreporter
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J.D. Rhoades is the author of the six-book Jack Keller series, the Tony/Wolf Tim Buckthorn thrillers, the Cade and Clayborne historical thrillers, and many more. JD was born and raised in North Carolina. He's worked as a radio news reporter, a TV cameraman, a club DJ, a broadcast ad salesman, and, since 1989, a trial attorney. The column he wrote for his local newspaper for 20 years won two North Carolina Press Association awards. He lives, writes, and practices criminal defense in the small town of Carthage, North Carolina.
