No Country for Old Middle-Aged Men Ray Lamar was a drug enforcer, a killer, but ten years ago it went bad, with the Juarez cartel, a rival to his boss, killing his wife and severely damaging his son in a hit-and-run. Relentlessly paced and beautifully orchestrated, with refreshingly real, vulnerable, and very human characters and a vivid sense of place, The Carrion Birds is an unsettling and indelible work of literary noir in the tradition of Cormac McCarthy, Elmore Leonard, and Dennis Lehane.more Short on time, with no one to trust but himself, Ray must come up with a clever plan or Coronado's newly appointed lady sheriff will have a vicious bloodbath on her hands. Now, the runners who have always moved quietly through this idyllic desert town on the Mexican border want answers. Ray knows there's no such thing as easy, and sure enough, the first day ends in a catastrophic mess. All he has to do is steal a rival's stash. He wants to make a new life far from the violence of the last ten years. He wants to go home to Coronado, New Mexico, to see the twelve-year-old son he hopes will recognize him. A useful skill to have when you're paid to hurt people who stand in your boss's way.īut Ray isn't sure he wants to be that man anymore. A widower and father who has made some tragic mistakes, he's got one good thing going for him: he's calm, cool, and efficient under pressure, usually with a gun in his hand. Life hasn't worked out the way Ray Lamar planned. A widower and father who has made some tragic mistakes, he's got one good thing going for him: he's calm, cool, and efficien Set in a small town in the Southwest, a soulful work of literary noir rife with violence, vengeance, and contrition from a fresh voice in fiction-the author of the highly acclaimed The Terror of Living Set in a small town in the Southwest, a soulful work of literary noir rife with violence, vengeance, and contrition from a fresh voice in fiction-the author of the highly acclaimed The Terror of Living Life hasn't worked out the way Ray Lamar planned.
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