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Hank Thompson, a former California baseball player turned bartender on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, finds his quiet life shattered when a cat named Bud is taken by a neighbor. Two Russian mobsters abduct Hank at his workplace, demanding an unknown debt. With no clue what they want, Hank is thrust into a high‑stakes chase across rooftops, alleys, and the subway, battling men in tracksuits and local goons. As he evades NYPD pursuit and navigates the criminal underworld, Hank’s past resurfaces, revealing why he once wanted to stay out of trouble.
The novel blends gritty urban realism with suspense and thriller elements, spotlighting organized crime, Russian-American criminal networks, and the rough streets of New York City while portraying a bartender’s fight for survival.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Crime Fiction/Organized Crime
Authors: Charlie Huston
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