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A review by eleellis
Dernier appel pour les vivants by Peter Farris
3.0
In Last Call For the Living by Peter Farris, Charlie Colquitt is a modern-day milquetoast, fond of rockets and a steady schedule of day-to-day sameness while working as a bank teller at a local small-town bank in Georgia. Hobe Hicklin is a White supremacist former convict, tasked by The Brand, AKA The Aryan Brotherhood, to rob banks with other members to supplement income for The Brand's organization.
Hicklin, a man of no known redeeming qualities and quick to utilize violence, decides to rob Colquitt's bank without the others and after the violent robbery, takes the docile Colquitt along as a hostage. Hicklin then drags Colquitt to a decrepit hideout to lie low along with Hicklin's methamphetamine-addicted girlfriend "Hummingbird."
Because Hicklin has gone against the orders of The Brand and has apparently fled with the money for himself and Hummingbird, not only is Hicklin being hunted by authorities, but also other violent members of The Brand, and to The Brand, any form of non-conformity only has one result: a violent death.
Joining in the chase, aided by more capable investigators, is Sheriff Tommy Lang, a weary and world-worn man that needs and enjoys the drink too much while ruminating on his own failures as a family man. Lang knows he is in a pursuit beyond his skillset and has come to the belief that safely freeing Colquitt may lead to his own salvation.
Last Call for the Living is more than a mere hunt and pursuit crime novel, with Farris developing each character and plotline with depth and layers. The novel is with violent depictions and language some may find offensive but language that is genuine to the characters involved.
Last Call For The Living is recommended to those that enjoy crime novels, with a touch of rural noir and bleak characters.
Hicklin, a man of no known redeeming qualities and quick to utilize violence, decides to rob Colquitt's bank without the others and after the violent robbery, takes the docile Colquitt along as a hostage. Hicklin then drags Colquitt to a decrepit hideout to lie low along with Hicklin's methamphetamine-addicted girlfriend "Hummingbird."
Because Hicklin has gone against the orders of The Brand and has apparently fled with the money for himself and Hummingbird, not only is Hicklin being hunted by authorities, but also other violent members of The Brand, and to The Brand, any form of non-conformity only has one result: a violent death.
Joining in the chase, aided by more capable investigators, is Sheriff Tommy Lang, a weary and world-worn man that needs and enjoys the drink too much while ruminating on his own failures as a family man. Lang knows he is in a pursuit beyond his skillset and has come to the belief that safely freeing Colquitt may lead to his own salvation.
Last Call for the Living is more than a mere hunt and pursuit crime novel, with Farris developing each character and plotline with depth and layers. The novel is with violent depictions and language some may find offensive but language that is genuine to the characters involved.
Last Call For The Living is recommended to those that enjoy crime novels, with a touch of rural noir and bleak characters.