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The Backup Men

Audiobook
Unabridged   6 hour(s)
Publication date: 11/05/2013

The Backup Men

A Mac McCorkle Mystery

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Digital Download ISBN:9781622310661

Summary

Saloon owner Mac McCorkle and former CIA agent Mike Padillo team up to help a pair of bodyguards being pursued by assassins—who soon add McCorkle and Padillo to their hit list.

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The twins who walk into Mac McCorkle’s bar look identical, despite their differing genders. Their names are Wanda and Walter Gothar, and from the steel in their eyes it’s apparent that their business isn’t the friendly kind. They’ve come seeking help from Mac and his partner, Padillo, an ex-CIA agent who has poked around in the world’s darkest corners.

Anxious for a big payday, the twins took an assignment out of their depth, working as bodyguards for a Saudi prince who came to Washington to sign an oil deal. The job fell apart, and now the twins are being pursued by the world’s two most efficient killers, who take out Walter without breaking a sweat. Now Mac and Padillo are faced with a choice: save Wanda, or join her in the grave.

“America’s best storyteller.”
      —The New York Times Book Review

“Ross Thomas is that rare phenomenon, a writer of suspense whose novels can be read with pleasure more than once.”
      —Eric Ambler, author of The Mask of Dimitrios

Reviews/Praise

“Like Elmore Leonard’s crime novels, Thomas’ are meant to be heard. Holsopple’s reading captures Thomas’ witty and polished prose as well as his affection for his quirky characters. He handles the diverse cast well, assigning appropriate Middle Eastern, German, and assorted American accents and cadences. His smoky baritone projects just a hint of noir, and he really shines voicing Mac’s smart retorts and musings in this dialogue-rich and darkly humorous crime novel. An entertaining and witty classic.”
      —Booklist

“Reader Brian Holsopple’s droll delivery, seasoned with more than a soupçon of sarcasm, works nicely for McCorkle, as does his tougher, faster talk where Padillo is concerned.”
      —Mystery Scene Magazine

“A wonderful chase . . . awfully, awfully good.”
      —The New Yorker

Author Bio

ROSS THOMAS (1926-1995) was an American writer of crime fiction and is best known for his witty political thrillers. He won two Edgar Awards and was posthumously honored with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award.

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