- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Dutton (Jan 5 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0525951490
- ISBN-13: 978-0525951490
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 567 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #286,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
On a dusty highway just north of the United States/Mexico border a man named Mike Finnegan is struck by a fast-moving vehicle and flung into the desert. Miraculously, he survives and winds up in a hospital in the tiny border town of Buenavista, seemingly in full possession of his faculties-including the eerie ability to understand events happening well outside the view from his hospital bed.
Charlie Hood joins a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms task force patrolling the "iron river," where illegal guns flow from U.S. dealers to the Mexican drug business. Hood is part of a stakeout team when a federal officer's bullet kills an innocent boy.
The boy happens to be the son of Benjamin Armenta, head of the Gulf Cartel and one of the most violent men in the world. Armenta's thirst for vengeance even in routine business matters is well-known. His hired killers are credited with many of the murders and beheadings of the fifteen thousand people who have died in the cartel wars along the border in recent years. Hood and ATF brace themselves for brute vengeance.
As this unthinkable violence leaks from Mexico into the United States, and as Finnegan's predictive powers become even stranger and stronger, Charlie Hood works to understand the mysterious forces fighting for control of this tiny border town, forces that may have the power to slow the iron river-and to save the ATF men he has come to think of as his brothers.
About the Author
T. Jefferson Parker is the bestselling author of fifteen previous novels, including L.A. Outlaws and Storm Runners. Along with Dick Francis and James Lee Burke, he is one of only three two-time recipients of the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Parker lives with his family in Southern California.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Iron River (Hardcover)
Mr. Parker has exceeded himself with this book. I have had the pleasure of reading just about everything he has written and this one creates a vivid picture of the lead character as well as the supporting cast. If mystery is your main dish, then you will not be disappointed. Just a great read.. A story about the Mexico-USA border issues in general, and the availability of firearms in particular, as well as the ease these items cross an international line. In concert with this is the interpesonnel relationship with the "hero" and other players in the story. I could not put it down.. Stongly recommended!
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3.4 out of 5 stars (63 customer reviews) 18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Time to move along, Jeff,
By Pat in Northern Utah - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Iron River (Hardcover)
I've read all of Parker's novels and liked most of them, particularly the earlier ones and especially Silent Joe. But, I'm weary of Charlie Hood, and the Jones/Murrieta siblings; it was a weak story line in the first of the series, and still so in the third. The introduction of the fantasy character--who seems to be threatening to re-appear in a next installment?--is a cheap shot for even a thrill-laden police procedural. Besides that character, there were too many loose ends not resolved, probably in preparation for a fourth in the series? I hope Parker gets back into his groove, building on his excellent skills at creating a strong sense of place, where he really shines.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Not Just A Great Mystery, But A Storied Explanation of Life in Our Times!,
By Marsha - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Iron River (Hardcover)
I've followed T. Jefferson Parker as an author for more than 20 years, and I've enjoyed his description of where I live during that whole time. He and I are of an age, and as an Orange County CA native who has now moved to northern San Diego county, he's described not only the physical settings of my life, but the events and situations that have provided the context of my choices in life.With the Charlie Hood character of these last 3 books, (L.A. Outlaws, Renegades, and now, Iron River) he's expanded the physical boundaries of his story, and brought a larger context to where we (not just me!) are today. This is a book that describes the circumstances of people who live in the United States with their often misunderstood southern neighbor, Mexico, and brings to life the headlines that today seem so unreal from "just over the border". He obviously brings voluminous research into the tale of the drug cartel's power and reach into all of America, and now, through the thrilling, adjacent story of guns, explains the carnage in our border cities, especially in Ciudad Juarez and in my local Tijuana. The story pushes a bit past reality, as stories usually do, but the distance he goes in describing a logical extreme by his book's events, is not too far from where we are right now. He doesn't preach solutions, but inserts a backdrop of U.S. and Mexican politics, gun laws, history, American obliviousness and entreprenuerial economics. The roles and choices that his characters take are told from their points of view, and leave the reader both exhausted from the exillerating ride and wiser about issues that I think we should take the time to ponder now. The book left me with an idea that small choices made individually, like his characters have made, will make a difference in the big world. I can't wait for the next book! 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
His best yet,
By George Sands - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Iron River (Hardcover)
I am not sure why this book is getting less than adequate reviews. I thought it was brave and amazing. He is taking on the HUGE problem we have in the southwest with guns getting smuggled into Mexico. He is approaching good and evil and all shades between from different perspectives. His writing is flawless. Give this author a break people. Is an author not allowed to explore new territories? THIS is the basis for all kinds of art, to grow and explore and be the social antenna of a society which he has done with this book. I personally love the Charlie Hood series and hope he continues. I will not pigeon hole this author. He is too precious a writer for a reader to place boundaries upon. I call this a white-knuckled book and this book and its characters has haunted me ever since I finished it. Mr. Parker, if you are reading this, keep on keeping on. This is one reader you will never lose.
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