Boost (Paperback)

by Steve Brewer (Author)

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Paperback: 221 pages
Publisher: Speck Press; New edition edition (July 1 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1933108029
ISBN-13: 978-1933108025
Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.2 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 250 g

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #1,507,255 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Sam Hill steals cars. Not just any cars, but collectible cars, rare works of automotive artistry. Sam’s a specialist, and he’s made a good life for himself in Albuquerque.

Things change one night after he steals a primo 1965 Thunderbird from a lawyer’s house. In the trunk, Sam finds a corpse, a police informant with a bullet hole between his eyes. And he learns that cops are swarming the garage where he’d planned to deliver the T-Bird.

Using his own resourcefulness as well as the assistance of his two pals, apprentice thief Billy Suggs and an inscrutable giant named Way-Way Henderson, Sam learns who’s behind the body in the trunk: Phil Ortiz, a notorious drug dealer and car collector.

Sam, it seems, boosted Ortiz’s favorite car—a green low-rider painted with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe—and Ortiz is determined to get even. And to get that car back.

The stakes get higher with each round of one-upmanship. Finally, it’s clear that Ortiz won’t quit until he has the last laugh and Sam Hill is dead.

In Boost, Steve Brewer stirs up his usual potent mixture of high crime and low comedy in a rollicking novel where car thieves are the good guys and the action never stops.

Steve Brewer spent 22 years in the newspaper business before turning to fiction full time in 1997. He writes a weekly humor column for The Albuquerque Tribune, which is distributed nationally by Scripps Howard News Service. He lives in Redding, California, with his wife, two sons and a dog named Elvis.

About the Author

Steve Brewer is the author of nine other crime novels. His weekly newspaper column, The Home Front, is distributed nationally by Scripps Howard News Service. He lives in Redding, CA, with his wife and two sons.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Read About Life in the Fast Lane, Mar 29 2007

By	Debra Purdy Kong (British Columbia) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

For professional car thief, Sam Hill, stealing a gold 1965 Thunderbird for a paying customer is no big deal. The second he opens the trunk and discovers a corpse with track marks on his arms and a wire taped to his chest, Sam changes his mind. In a suspiciously short time, the cops are banging on Sam's door, asking about a missing DEA informant and the stolen Thunderbird. Sam needs to find out who set him up, and why. Once he does, the question becomes what to do about it.

Boost is a light, fast-paced novel that centers around risky cat and mouse games between hero and villain. I use the term "hero" loosely because Sam Hill has his flaws. Although I liked Sam a lot, I wouldn't want my daughter dating someone like him, which says a lot about author Steve Brewer's talent for creating interesting, edgy leading characters. His secondary characters, though, were the usual thugs with guns and attitude. Despite the stereotypes, the dialogue was clever, chapters short, pacing terrific, and violent scenes minimal.

If you want a break from grim, complex stories about social decay, serial killers, or dysfunctional families in serious need of rehab, then Boost is a great choice.

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