GUTSHOT STRAIGHT. Charles "Shake" Bouchon, professional wheel man is too nice a guy for the life he's led, but not nice enough for any other. So he agrees to run an errand for his former boss and lover, Alexandra Illandryan, formidable pakhan of the Armenian mob in L.A. All Shake has to do is deliver a package to Las Vegas and pick up a briefcase. But the package turns out to be a wholesome young housewife named Gina who's run afoul of Dick "The Whale" Moby, a murderous 300-pound strip club owner. Shake decides to set Gina free and now the two of them are on the run to Panama, hoping to sell the valuable (and unusual) contents of the briefcase. But first Shake will have to out-maneuver two angry crime bosses, an Armenian thug plagued by erectile super-function, and a devious billionaire swindler. Not to mention, Shake will have to survive his own heart, since he's going to discover that Gina is more complicated than he thought. READ AN EXCERPT | READ REVIEWS
WHIPLASH RIVER. Charles "Shake" Bouchon, professional wheel man and not that bad of a guy for a bad guy, has left behind his old life and now owns a little restaurant on a beach in Belize. But running a restaurant is no picnic, and Shake is deep in debt to Baby Jesus, a cherubically murderous local drug lord. And then when Shake thwarts an attempted hit on a customer at his place, he learns once again that no good deed goes unpunished. Next thing he knows, his restaurant has gone up in flames and he's on the run not only from Baby Jesus, but also a pair of lovebird assassins and a beautiful but relentless FBI agent. Even with enemies like that, though, Shake's biggest headache may turn out to be his new best friend -- Harrigan Quinn, the mysterious older gentleman whose life Shake saved. Shake soon finds himself halfway around the world and neck-deep in a dangerous score that he'll never pull off -- unless he can convince an old friend to help. READ AN EXCERPT | READ PRAISE
