In the wreckage of
the S&L crisis of the late 80s and early 90s, Ed Earl Burch works as a private detective.
His office located near Mockingbird and Central in Dallas is in a shabby office
park with a view of the time and temp sign over at the Dr. Pepper Plant. It
features the noise of the traffic, an air conditioner that wheezes and does not
cool, and a man with a serious thirst for alcohol.
Ed Earl Burch is
hanging on as best as he can. He has made a few bucks thanks to the scavengers that
have come to feats on the remains of the S&L crash as well as former
business partners looking for their partner or bank officers looking for the developer
that just vanished. He has connections all over town and beyond dating back to
his days with the Dallas PD. That fact, as well as his low overhead in an
increasingly vacant building, has helped him survive.
About ten blocks away
is a small Mexican joint on Ross. Owned by Arturo Garcia, the place known to
everyone as “Café Garcia” is always
open to Ed Earl Burch. Bringing home the pregnant teenage daughter of Arturo Garcia
means there is always a plate of food and a beer for Burch. It has been that way
for quite some time so it means it is one of several locations that Burch can
be predictably found.
The woman with the
gun who interrupts his late dinner has other plans. After dropping a name from
the past, at gunpoint she escorts him out to her car. Before very long, they
are north of Dallas, up in Grayson Country, and on the land of a man who has
left the life of crime behind for the life as a gentlemen rancher. Appearances,
if one ignored the gun toting guards scattered everywhere, could be deceiving.
Burch knows exactly
what Norville Ross is and could have done without the jaunt down memory lane. But,
Ross wanted him here and made sure he was brought in as safely and as quickly
as possible. Coming himself was not an option. The woman’s name is Carla Sue.
Ross sent her to bring back Burch so that he could discuss with him a business proposition
that each could find mutually satisfactory.
If any of them can
say alive long enough to seal the deal.
The Last Second Chance: An Ed Earl
Burch Novel by Jim Nesbitt is a violent crime fiction ride
across Texas. Written in a noir style it features a read where the language is
coarse, the sexual situations are graphic, and bullets and blood are on nearly
every page. Burch takes no prisoners and will unleash hell on those who come after
him and those he cares about.
Along the way, there
will be heavy toll in carnage and death with plenty of ghosts of the past to
keep him company in quite moments. Author Jim Nesbitt is building the bottom
floor of a series with The Last Second Chance: An Ed Earl Burch
Novel. A novel that packs quite the punch and is highly
recommended.
The Last Second Chance: An Ed Earl
Burch Novel
Jim Nesbitt
Self-Published
March 2016
ASIN: B01D0FAJ70
eBook (also available in
paperback)
236 Pages
$4.99
According
to Amazon, I picked this up in the middle of last November. I don’t know now if
I took advantage of a free read promotion or used funds in my Amazon Associate
account. Either way, I did it after a publicist contacted me about reviewing
the second book in the series, The Right Wrong Number. A paperback
copy of that read is in my TBR pile.
Kevin
R. Tipple ©2017
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