Sunburn

Name: Sunburn
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Laurence Shames
ISBN: 9781456125332

Author: Laurence Shames

Series: Key West Capers #3

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/02/2011

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

"More than a thriller—it’s an escape from reality and the perfect tonic at the end of a hard day.”—Orlando Sentinel It's not easy being the Godfather. All those secrets and all that guilt add up to a terrible burden—a weight that's killing Vincente Delgatto. When the old man travels to Key West for a visit with his illegitimate son—Joey Goldman, the unlikely hero of FLORIDA STRAITS—Joey floats the idea of a conscience-easing memoir, to be written in collaboration with a local reporter. It's a well-intentioned but extremely dangerous idea, since no one—not the Mafia, not the FBI, not the legitimate heir to the Delgatto family business—wants to see that memoir published. Will Vincente live long enough to get a lifetime's worth of secrets off his chest? Will writer Arty Magnus ever actually finish a book? For that matter, will Bert the Shirt and his chihuahua Don Giovanni ever enjoy a completely successful walk, and are there punishments enough on earth for Gino, the ingrate son who'd rat out his own father? Balancing suspense and humor, double-crosses and tenderness, SUNBURN is both a full-throttle crime novel and a touching meditation on family, old age, and the many shades of human loyalty.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karl

My first experience with Shames, and a good one. The story of an aging mobster, mellowing in the Florida sunshine, and his dim-bulb son, pushing around his betters like a surly teenager. Only everybody has guns. The characters are charming, the story is very human, with only light action, and the fi......more

Goodreads review by Lance

An aging Mafia don wants to write his memoirs? Fuhget about it. His illegitimate son in Key West thinks it’s a great idea; his dense, narcissistic legitimate son is appalled (along with other Mafioso friends and enemies). A wild set of events is set off from “New Yawk” to Key West and back again. Th......more

Goodreads review by Tony

Why isn’t this writer better known? Maybe he is across the water, but in the UK there is little spoken or written of him. That’s a crime. This book is so wonderfully written and an outstanding follow up to the first in the series. I wholeheartedly recommend this. The command of prose is terrific. Re......more

Goodreads review by Susinok

Audiobook. Lovely narration. The accents are perfect. I love Shames' Florida Keys series. Quirky and fun.......more

Goodreads review by Cujo

Third book in the Key West Capers Series and it picks up pretty much right where the 1st one left off....New York Family boss decides to have a ghost writer pen his life story and not everyone in his "Family" is happy about this.......more