The Last Kind Words: A Novel (Terrier Rand)

The Last Kind Words: A Novel (Terrier Rand)

From award-winning author Tom Piccirilli comes what Lee Child calls â€œperfect crime fiction,â€ a wholly original novel introducing the Rands, a vipersâ€™ nest of crooks and cons, one generation stealing from the next. Upon the razor-thin edge between love and violence lives a pair of brothers, their bonds frayed by betrayals and guilt, their loyalty to each other their last salvation.

Raised to pick a pocket before he could walk, Terry Rand cut free from his family after his older brother, Collie, went on a senseless killing spree that left eight dead. Five years later, only days before his scheduled execution, Collie contacts Terry and asks him to return home. Collie claims he wasnâ€™t responsible for one of the murdersâ€”and insists that the real killer is still on the loose.

Dogged by his own demons, Terry is swept back into the schemes and scams of his family: His father, Pinsch, a retired cat burglar, brokenhearted because of his two sons. His card-sharp uncles, Mal and Grey, whoâ€™ve incurred the anger of the local mob. His grandfather, Shep, whose mind is failing but whose fingers can still slip out a walletÂ from across the room. His teenage sister, Dale, whoâ€™s flirting dangerously with the lure of the family business. And Kimmie, the woman Terry abandoned, whoâ€™s now raising a child with Terryâ€™s former best friend. Â

Terry pieces together the day his brother turned rabid, delving into a blood history that reveals the Rand family tree is rotten to the roots, and the secrets his ancestors buried are now coming furious and vengeful to the surface.

A meditation on how love can confine a person just as easily as it can free him, juxtaposing shocking violence and sly humor, The Last Kind Words is the brilliantly inventive family saga that only a singular talent like Tom Piccirilli could conjure.

Includes a preview of Tom Piccirilliâ€™s next book, The Last Whisper in the Dark

Praise for The Last Kind Words
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â€œA crime noir mystery as hard-boiled as any in recent memory, recalling the work of Chandler, Pelecanos and Connelly . . . Readers literally will be pinned to their seats until the last page is turned.â€â€”Bookreporter
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â€œAt once a dark and brooding page-turner and a heartfelt tale about the ties that bind.â€â€”Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Heartbroken
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â€œ[A] caustic thriller . . . The characters have strong voices and bristle with funny quirks.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review
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â€œ[Piccirilli] deserves a breakout novel, and this just might be it.â€â€”Booklist (starred review)
Country USA
Brand Bantam
Manufacturer Bantam
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 19873498
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2013-04-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345542366

Country	USA
Brand	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	19873498
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2013-04-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345542366

The Last Kind Words: A Novel (Terrier Rand)

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