Blacktop Wasteland by S A Cosby *****

 Blacktop Wasteland by S A Cosby

Hard times for Beauregard. His garage mortgage is behind, the suppliers unpaid. The competition’s killing him. His mother owes the nursing home. His kids need eyeglasses, braces, and college tuition. What’s he willing to do? Fast-paced thriller.

Beauregard Montage did his time. When he married Kia, he promised to leave the Life. He had a double-wide, a business, and two boys, Darren (8) and Javon (12). When Precision Auto opened Red Hill County, Montage Motors was in trouble. Ronnie and Reggie Sessions convinced Beauregard (Bug) that one more job was the answer. He was the best wheelman in Virginia.  The job went south. Fortunately, Bug never got discouraged and never ran out of ideas.

Beauregard had a mixed relationship with this father, Anthony Ant Montage. They had good times, and his father taught him to drive and be a mechanic. However, his father also introduced him to the Life, sent him to juvie, and left when Bug was young. Beauregard was concerned that he’d be no better dad than his father was.

The original jewelry store heist was a money laundering operation. Nothing was reported to the cops, but Bug and his friends were pursued by big-time gangsters.

This book has some of the best car chases. “Now that was what I call some driving! That’s why I needed the Bug! Goddamn, I thought I saw Jesus trying to take the wheel, but you were like nah, Hoss, I got this!”

Quotes

Explanations were like assholes. Everyone has one, and they are all full of sh*t.

But it’s like I gave my boys a sickness. The counselor in juvie called it a ‘propensity for violent conflict resolution.’

What Javon did ain’t really his fault. Violence is a Montage family tradition.

Fast-paced, bare-knuckle thriller: ‘Drive it like you stole it.’ – Stephen King

Plenty of violence.

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