With Jim Nesbitt’s
recent Facebook announcement that the new book in the series, The Fatal
Saving Grace, is coming soon, I thought I would remind you today of the
great first book in the series, The Last Second Chance: An Ed Earl Burch
Novel. This is a violent crime fiction series that should be read in order.
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 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 quiet 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.
Amazon Associate Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/4nKZvZs
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
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