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In the Russian criminal underworld, there is a man named Whitey. He is unstoppable and always gets what he wants. Some say he can't be hurt. Some say he can't be killed. Larry Gidson is about to find out.

He is a dock worker on the run with Sondra Belov, a beautiful stripper. Whitey wants Sondra, and he will torture and kill to get her. Larry, his friends, and even his cat will never be safe unless they give him Sondra - or they kill Whitey.

From horror master Brian Keene comes a crime adventure filled with sex, gore, and guns.

©2011 Brian Keene (P)2018 David N. Wilson Horror Scary Crime Russia
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I found this book a little tedious at first and almost gave up on it. The opening hour is almost entirely set in a strip club, and while it builds the characters and sets the scene, I felt it could have been done just as effectively in a fraction of the time.
That said, I’m glad I stuck with it. Once the story kicked in, it really delivered, plenty of action, blood, and gore to keep things moving. The pace improved dramatically after the slow start, and it became a much more edge of the seat listen. Chet Williamson did a grand job of the narration. Overall, I enjoyed the book and I’m glad I finished it.

Kill Whitey.

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My second time with author Brian Keene's work, after enjoying his shorter piece Alone, last month. Kill Whitey for long periods reads like a crimey-revenge thriller, as our main character Larry seeks to evade the Russian mob after assisting sexy stripper-cum-masseuse-cum-prostitute, Sondra.

For months Larry has been visiting the Russian run club, mesmerised by Sondra whenever she takes to the stage. The man has fallen for her big time. One night there's a panic in the club, Whitey and his heavies are tearing around trying to find something. When Larry leaves to go home, the search has moved outside and having spotted Sondra shaking under his car, Larry makes the impulsive decision to help her.

Flight and violent pursuit with much bloodshed entails for the rest of the book, as Larry after witnessing the murder of his friends and narrowly escaping death himself, finally turns into Rambo and tries to act out the title of the book and Kill Whitey. It's a bit harder than it might seem.

Whitey's survival instincts and abilities are what tip the book into a story with horror and supernatural undertones. The back story and brief history lesson involving Rasputin lend some believability to the plot. SOME!!! as some portion of my brain just doesn't cede all scepticism. I could suspend disbelief for the purposes of enjoying an entertaining, fast-paced, violent tale though.

Best writing ever? No not especially, but a decent adventure, plenty of gore and action, decent main characters, particularly Larry and Sondra. The others don't really have that much depth. We get Sondra's back story, but it is her telling it and she proves to be a little bit unreliable, a little bit deceitful and economical with the truth. Is Larry a little bit too naive and trusting. Oh yeah.

Good, escapist fun was had. I'll be back to try more of Brian Keene's work in the future.

4 from 5

Read - (listened to) November, 2020
Published - 2008
Page count - 304 (6 hrs 30 mins)
Source - Audible purchase
Format - Audible

Enjoyable fast-paced mash up, part crime cum horr

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Kill Whitey is yet another winner from the brilliant mind of Brian Keene. Like his other work, Kill Whitey is fast-paced, fun and full of interesting characters.
Chet Williamson's narration is absolutely fantastic. He does a great job with all of the characters and accents.
Another quality presentation from Crossroad Press. Highly recommended.

Fun, Fast-paced Caper with Horror Elements

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