In "Bourbon & Blood" author Garrard Hayes gives the reader plenty of both. Returning Afghan war veteran Bill Conlin is looking for work. When his cousin Jimmy hooks him up with a local crime syndicate, he doesn't quite know what he's got himself into, until it's too late to get out, which is after he sees a guy being brutally tortured...the unlucky fellow is the person he is replacing. That's what happens, he's told, to guys who disappoint the boss.
Although Bill is rough and tumble, doesn't hesitate to shoot someone intent on killing him, and can break bones without a second thought, he does have something of a moral compass, which often leads him astray within the context of clashing crime organizations. When ordered to disrupt the brothel activities of the Mexicans, he ends up rescuing several girls forced into the sex-slave trade. And, of course, as is usually the case, no good deed goes unpunished.
When he's partnered with the morally reprehensible Kenny, he finds himself caught between the Mexicans, the Russians, some corrupt Feds, and some even more corrupt local cops. Not to mention in hot water with his own bosses, the Irish Mob--when Kenny is not trying to sell him out to other mobs, he's telling lies to their boss, moving him closer to meeting the same fate as the guy he replaced, who, perhaps not so coincidentally, also had Kenny for a partner.
This is a very violent crime novel, with gunplay and beatings at every turn, and a few graphic torture scenes make this a story not for the squeamish. On the other hand, it is very well written and plotted. The characterization is spot on, and while you can never condone the actions taken by Bill, even when he's trying to make the best out of a bad thing, you do find yourself pulling for him as a person as he seeks to survive the savage maelstrom into which he has foolishly jumped.
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