Actor Harry Murphy stopped at a chinese restaurant to go to
the restroom after an audition and was abruptly told to
leave.
Having no choice he ran around back and used the alley. In
doing so he overhears a conversation between the Bruschetti
brothers,
Sal, Max, and
Enzo, who have spent a lifetime on the
wrong side of the law, managing to stay off the radar of
the
police.
After hearing their plans to close down their business by
killing people and handing off territory, Harry feels like
he
has no choice but to fly to London and warn one of the
people
on the kill list. By doing this, Harry throws himself into
a
mess, which leads him to working with a sexy, unorthodox
member
of the British police. Now he goes from being an out of
work
actor to a man being shot at and chased around the world.
David McCallum has written an exciting and suspense filled
book that follows an unlikely hero around the world, which
is
my biggest problem with the book. The unlikelihood of
Harry, an
actor, getting that information and going all the way to
London, instead of just sticking with the initial phone
call
and calling back when the guy gets home. But without the
trip
to London the rest of the book doesn't happen. So if you
can
get past that part, the rest of the story works.
Crazy characters who respond in unexpected ways is what
makes
ONCE A CROOKED MAN interesting. So kudos to David McCallum
in
his first novel.
A deliciously quirky crime novel from David McCallum, the
beloved actor know for his portrayal of Illya Kuryakin on
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Dr. Donald "Ducky"
Mallard on NCIS.
Crime pays. And pays
well.
Sal, Max and Enzo Bruschetti have proved this
over a lifetime of nefarious activity that they have kept
hidden from law enforcement. Nowhere in any file, on any
computer is there a record of anything illegal from which
they have profited. But Max has a problem. His body is
getting old and his doctor has told him to take it easy. Max
has decided that the time has come for the family to
retire.
But when young actor Harry Murphy overhears
the Bruschetti brothers planning changes to their
organization, including the murder of a man in London who
knows t0o much, the Bruschetti's plans begin to unravel.
After Harry makes the well-intentioned if egregious
mistake of trying to warn the Bruchetti's intended victim he
finds himself alone in a foreign country, on the wrong side
of the law, with a suitcase full of cash and a dangerous man
on his trail. And while his good looks, charm and cheerful
persistence may prove assets in the turbulent events that
follow, none of Harry's past roles have prepared him for
what happens next.
A turns tense and funny, Once a
Crooked Man is infused with the infectious charm that
has made David McCallum one of television's longest running,
most-beloved stars.
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