Book of the Week: Charlie Huston's "The Shotgun Rule"

One of the strongest crime writers to emerge in recent years, Charlie Huston changes pace with this pitch-perfect story of four teenage boys and how they spent their summer vacation. They entertain themselves by smoking and swearing and dreaming about sex, but when they break into the house of the town's biggest meth cookers, their adventure turns into a nightmare. Huston has the characters down pat in The Shotgun Rule, capturing their attitudes, ideas and speech like few writers could. Most thrillers aim to entertain by being larger-than-life. The Shotgun Rule, however, is an intimate, realistic and contained story, and one of the summer's most impressive.

Comments

[Marcus Sakey]

Picking this one up first thing tomorrow. I love Charlie's stuff.

[Sandra Scoppettone]

It just arrived from Amazon. I'd pre-ordered it. I'm in the middle of a library book, but as soon as I'm finished I open Huston's book.

[Tim Maleeny]

Anything Charlie writes is essential reading.

[Dorie]

I got mine! Can't wait to read it. He's definitely an author who deserves a wider readership.

[SchultzBrittney26]

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