Moses Kincaid draws in trouble with the same gravitational pull as a black hole sucking up the wayward elements of the universe. Armed with a biting tongue, zero fucks to give, and a flexible moral code that consistently tip toes over the line accepted by polite company… it should come as no surprise that Moe is forced to earn his Money the Hard Way. True to David Tromblay’s signature writing style, there are more metaphors, similes, and analogies than you can shake a stick at.
Not long after the tragic and traumatic ending of Sangre Road, former Army MP officer Moses ‘Moe’ Kincaid, of the Ho-Chunk Nation, decides to stick around Oklahoma for a bit longer. Flush with aches and pain, but short on cash… Moe ends up in the employ of a bondsman by the name of Arlo Bice. Bice also happens to be obsessed with the old west and fancies himself a modern day Bass Reeves.When a series of bounty collections go wrong, followed by a less than friendly encounter with a motorcycle gang looking for payback, Moe finds himself at the mercy of the state police who are rather insistent that he assists them with a little something that puts him on the less than fun side of prison bars. With a choice between fighting your fellow prisoners or a raging bull, you just know Moe is going to pick the crazier of the two.
I cannot emphasize how much I enjoy Tromblay’s writing style. The man has a gift for describing scenes and situations in an incredibly colorful manner that is guaranteed to lift at least one side of your mouth into a smirk. Kincaid has quickly become one of my favorite fictional characters. The level of sarcasm, one liners, and bluntness inherent in all of his dialogue is… (chef kiss).
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