This was another good entry in the Hap & Leonard series by Lansdale. I have been reading these off and on for a year or two. This is the 6th in the series after RUMBLE TUMBLE which I read last year. These books are filled with off-color humor and over-the-top violence and they really keep you turning the pages! This one was no exception: Hap and Leonard are working at a chicken processing facility as security guards when Hap saves a young girl from being killed as she was being beaten by a hopped up attacker. Turns out the girl's father was the owner of the chicken plant and rewards Hap with $100,000 for saving his daughter. Hap, with some help from friends, decides to use part of the money to take a cruise and of course Leonard goes along with him. But as fate would have it, nothing good comes their way and they end up stranded in Mexico where they are attacked by some off-duty police and rescued by a geriatric fisherman who happens to have a lovely daughter waiting to get entangled with Hap. But the fisherman and his daughter are indebted to the mob and severe consequences follow which also tag along with Hap and Leonard when they return home. One of their best friends ends up dead and so they return to Mexico seeking revenge.

This one was really a fun and bloody romp and I enjoyed it very much. I was also a fan of the Hap and Leonard TV series which unfortunately ended after only 3 short seasons. But the books keep coming and I now need to read the rest of the series hopefully sooner rather than later. Lansdale really knows how to keep his readers interested.

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It's a funny book and fast paced, with a hint of mystery!

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