Cut and Run [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Jeff Abbott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 4, 2003

In Jeff Abbott's third electrifying thriller featuring Whit Mosley, the Texas judge investigates his own past in a harrowing search for the mother who abandoned his family years ago. What he finds is a nightmare of double-crosses, vicious schemers, murder, and a conniving woman who may be plotting the cruelest betrayal of all...

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Abbott's latest thriller (after Black Jack Point) plunges readers into the sleazy, seductive world of crime in Houston, Tex. Thirty years ago, Ellen Mosley abandoned her six children, changed her name to Eve Michaels and began laundering money for a major crime family. Now her youngest son, Judge Whit Mosley, is intent on tracking her down, spurred by a request from his dying father. Unfortunately, his timing couldn't be worse because Eve, caught in the middle of a drug deal gone wrong, is on the run from a mob boss's son and his adviser, both of whom blame her for the botched deal and are convinced she has their missing millions. Whit wanders into this lion's den thinking only of finding Eve, but instantly-and unbelievably-he finds himself playing rough with some of the most insidious criminals in the area. The maternal concern Eve supposedly feels for Whit rings false, but luckily the story's relentless action leaves little time for sentimental reunions. Layers of deception pile up faster than dead bodies, and readers may loose track of the story's many threads; but each page offers up the kind of brutal action and blunt dialogue ("They'll blow the fingers off his hand one by one. Cut off his balls. Cut him so he bleeds to death an inch at a time") that should gratify Abbott's fans.
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Review

A wonderfully talented Southern writer. (Sharyn McCrumb)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Onyx (November 4, 2003)
• ISBN-10: 0451411145
• ASIN: B001PIHRZC
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,081,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeff Abbott is the international-bestselling, award-winning author of ten mystery and suspense novels. Jeff is a native Texan and graduated from Rice University with a degree in History and English, and worked as a creative director at an advertising agency before writing full-time. He lives in Austin with his wife and two sons. You can visit his website at www.jeffabbott.com and follow him on Twitter @JeffAbbott.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite a ride!, December 28, 2003

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nobizinfla "nobizinfla" (Windermere, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cut and Run (Mass Market Paperback)

In Jeff Abbott's third Whit Mosley novel, "Cut and Run," the unorthodox Port Leo, Texas judge Whit Mosley bends the law to the breaking point.

He is searching for his mother, who abandoned the family when Whit was a small child---he is investigating his own past as well.

His mother left with a ne'er-do-well who had stolen a large sum of money from the mob. On the run, she murders the abusive thief and returns the money to the Detroit Mafia---eventually becoming their money manager and remaining out of sight.

Thirty years later Whit's pursuit begins. An ordeal of double-crosses, frame-ups, reprehensible betrayers, murder, conniving dames, money laundering and topless clubs are just a few of the roadblocks Whit encounters.

It is nonstop cat and mouse after Whit initially locates his mother. Running together, it is impossible to know whom is ally, whom is adversary.

Fast paced, a superb supporting cast and crisp dialogue propel the plot.

Whit's archangel Gooch steals every scene he appears in.

A very enjoyable series.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exhilarating thriller, November 7, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cut and Run (Mass Market Paperback)

In Port Leo, Texas the doctors have given his beloved father, who raised Judge Whit Mosely and his five brothers, four months to live. As such Whit wants his mother Ellen, who abandoned the seven Mosely males decades ago, to apologize for what she did to all of them before his dad dies. He hires private investigator Harry Chyme to make inquiries though his father did just that when the trail was warm with no success.

Harry thinks out of the box tracing Ellen to Montana where she had run off to with a bank embezzler. Then he traces her in Detroit where she cut a deal with the Bellini mob, who relocated with her to Houston. As Whit confronts Ellen, he becomes embroiled in a mob deal involving a five-million-dollar Miami connection and double crosses that test his moral system to the core. Will he choose to protect the person who deserted him or will he opt to obey his conscience. He is encouraged to do so by Claudia Salazaar, the woman he loves.

CUT AND RUN is an exhilarating thriller that runs on two levels. First there is the mob scenario with its double dealings in which Ellen is in the middle. Then there is Whit's ethical dilemma even when murder influences the equation. Thus the audience receives a powerful novel that will add to Jeff Abbott's growing reputation for suspense.

Harriet Klausner

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Run To Get This Book, April 13, 2004

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E. Rey "flannelpants" (TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cut and Run (Mass Market Paperback)

I was thrilled to walk into my local bookstore one day and discover that Jeff Abbott had written another book featuring my favorite character of his, Whit Mosely. I was a little disappointment that this book was mostly not set on the Gulf Coast of Texas like the others, but the plot so good that my disappointment faded.

This book plunges into Whit's past showing us more of the background that developed his character while immersing us into mob life. This book has many twist and turns. I found myself guessing who had the money and was still wrong. Cut and Run will take you on a journey that you won't want to put down.