Tear It Down by Nick PetrieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Peter Ash, has grown restless after recuperating at his girlfriend’s house from an accident. He’s having trouble adjusting to civilian life. June suggests that he go and help her friend Wanda Wyatt, a combat photographer, because she’s having a little trouble with vandalism at her home in Memphis. Once Peter gets there, he finds out that Wanda is in a whole lot of trouble that could get her killed. Someone is looking for something they believe belongs to them, and it’s in the house Wanda bought after returning from an assignment overseas. They’ll stop at nothing to get it back, even if it means killing Wanda to get her out of the house.
Eli Bell helped rob a jewelry store against his better judgment. He wants to play the blues, but can’t seem to get his life together. After robbing the jewelry store, he finds himself in trouble with a local gangster named King Robbie. Robbie wants what’s his, and he’s coming after Eli to get it. Eli decides to steal a truck from an ex-marine who let him. Not only has he got King Robbie on his tail, now Pete is looking for him too.
Pete is faced with a battle on all sides, so he calls in his friend Lewis to help clean up the mess in Memphis before someone gets killed.
You cannot put this book down. It also gives you a look at the seamier side of Memphis and the poverty that abounds in many southern cities.
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