The Devil at Your Door
A Lars and Shaine Novel
by Eric Beetner
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Pub Date Feb 12 2018 | Archive Date Feb 19 2018
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Description
Lars and Shaine have returned to a quiet life on the islands, but for Lars there is unfinished business. When he gets information that will lead him to exact revenge on behalf of his young protégé, the young woman he’s grown to think of as a daughter, he decides to take action in secret.
When he lands in a hospital Shaine is called in from a thousand miles away and she must take the lead in the last job of Lars’ storied career of death for hire.
Facing his own aging body, Lars struggles to take a back seat to the youngster he has trained in his image. They’ll face a local drug boss along with an old enemy as they work to fire the last bullet they’ll ever need to—before one finds them first.
Advance Praise
Praise for the Lars and Shaine crime novels:
“The Devil Doesn’t Want Me is a runaway train of violence and mayhem, packed full with a collection of one-of-a-kind characters all speeding toward an explosive and inevitable end. Beetner is a maestro with his action scenes, filling the novel with cinematic set pieces, but the real heart of his story is Lars, an aging hit man forced to confront his own morality as the world goes to hell around him. A great read.” —Owen Laukkanen, author of The Professionals and Criminal Element
“Eric Beetner is quickly becoming one of my favorite new crime writers, and The Devil Doesn’t Want Me is a perfect example of why. If you’re a fan of fast paced, well-written hardboiled crime fiction, you’re going to love this book. Beetner is the real deal, and I can only hope this is just the start of what we can expect from him in the future.” —John Rector, author of The Cold Kiss and Already Gone
“Told with heart, humor, and sizzling cinematic prose, Eric Beetner’s The Devil Doesn’t Want Me is crime fiction at its most entertaining and marks the arrival of a bold new talent.” —Peter Farris, author of Last Call for the Living
“This book is like if you took Lawrence Block’s famous hitman, Keller, and made him the lovechild of Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino.” —Criminal Element
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781946502438 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Dave W, Reviewer
Yowza! That's what crime fiction is all about! The Devil at Your Door is book three of the Lars and Shaine trilogy. Lucky for us all three books are being republished in February 2018. You can certainly start with this one and, once you finish, you'll probably find yourself going back and picking up the series from he beginning.
It is a solid action-packed crime thriller that just never lets up. After hiding out on the Big Island, Lars wakes up and decides he left some unfinished business back on the mainland in the form of the mobster who wrecked Shaine's life. Lars, an aging hitman, finds his target in the mountains of Montana and all hell breaks loose when he gets there. The locals never bargained for anything like this.
It's a take of salty old dogs and their young protégés. It's a tale of city slickers coming out to the Big Country. It's a tale of a wanna-be drug queen pin. It's a tale about never hesitating and never failing to take a shot. You can never really retire in a retired hitman's world and you can never leave things unfinished.
Well-crafted, indeed.
Katie C, Reviewer
“The Devil at Your Door” by Eric Beetner is book three of the Lars and Shaine series, but it is not necessary to have read the earlier books to enjoy this one. This is the best book yet, and those who have not read the previous books can jump right in without any problem. Contextual references throughout the book fill in relevant background without wasting pages rehashing old events.
In this latest installment, the action with Lars and Shaine moves from the quiet life in “the islands” to nail biting exploits thousands of miles away. Mobsters, hit men, revenge, and unfinished business all mean the action never stops. Montana will never be the same.
“The Devil at Your Door” is well written and action-packed. Not a word is wasted. The dialogue is clever and realistic with a little humor thrown in for good measure. The characters are well developed and convincing.
I received a copy of “The Devil at Your Door” from Eric Beetner, Down and Out Books, and NetGalley. This excellent book adds perfectly to the others in the series. It is a wild ride with twists and turns at every corner. You will not catch your breath until the end.
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