Consequence
A Thriller
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A millionaire businessman and his loving family; two young conmen and an unspoken bond; a pair of hardened hitmen—these three groups are from different worlds, but one event will bring those worlds together and change their lives forever. Richards and Phillips have been looking for a big score—something that will help them leave all their petty cons and crimes in the dust. And Price, the local (and loaded) businessman may just be able to lead them to it. However, the conmen aren’t the only ones with their eyes on Price. It just takes one mistake, one stroke of bad luck, and nothing will be the same ever again. Drugs, theft, fraud, kidnapping, murder—everyone has their vices, but sometimes it’s the innocent ones who pay the most. Consequence is fast-paced crime thriller that follows three interconnected storylines from their innocent beginnings to their destructive ends. This brutal, violent thriller exposes the cold, callous underbelly of the criminal world, as well as all the innocent lives it drags into its clutches.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The lives of two hit men, two con men, and a wealthy businessman collide in London, with devastating results, in this relentlessly bleak crime thriller from British author Yance (House 23). Hit men Darren Morris and James Roach work for a drug boss, but they dream of more than the crumbs he provides. Con men Michael Richards and Johnny Phillips are tired of small scores and want one big enough to open a betting shop. Howard Price has made a huge success of a software business, has a beautiful wife, and dotes on his seven-year-old daughter, Lisa. Morris and Roach are brutal and direct, and Richards and Phillips are quick to run simple cons or devise on-the-spot scams when opportunity arises, but planning ahead is not a skill either pair possesses. A newspaper article about Price, which includes a photo of him and his daughter, gives Morris the idea of kidnapping Lisa. Grabbing the girl is easy, but getting the payoff isn't when Richards and Phillips stumble into the picture and (almost) everything goes to hell. The action careens to a smashing ending.
