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Ken Bruen

Rilke on Black

A poorly planned kidnapping turns bloody.
Lisa is too good-looking not to be trouble. Nick falls for her as soon as he meets the lithe young black woman, and though their drug-fueled relationship quickly turns toxic, he can't stop wanting her. In a flash, she's burnt through his savings and cost him his job, so she proposes a kidnapping scheme to reinvigorate their bank accounts. Nick is too smart to think it's a good idea, but too stupid to say no.

The target is Ronald Baldwin, a local businessman of moderate wealth and infinite pretension, whose obsession with the poet Rilke borders on madness. For backup, Nick invites along Dex, his psychopathic across-the-street neighbor. With three amateur criminals as unhinged as those in this group, there's no doubt that blood will be shed. The only questions are, who will fire the first shot, and who will fire the last?

113 printed pages
Copyright owner
Head of Zeus
Publication year
2014
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Quotes

  • Rachel Stogelhas quoted7 years ago
    I use a simple question about people, how do I feel after I’ve left their company.
  • Rachel Stogelhas quoted7 years ago
    “The fear that I could betray myself and say all the things I am afraid of, and the fear that I could not say anything at all because it is all unsayable.”

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