An amoral violent Chicago enforcer is heading for the sun and ocean breeze of California to the get to the bottom of the recent suspicious death of his sister. He runs into his own kind as soon as the plane touches asphalt, and they don't appreciate him being around. Not content to let the police handle matters, he begins to follow a trail that leads to the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles and Orange County.
He encounters local gang members, a ruthless West Coast mob boss with his private army of mercenaries plus numerous "Hollywood" types. There are plenty of twists and turns until the grim truth is revealed and a rampage of retribution begins. No one in this novella gets a happy ending or an easy way out. When it's over you might want to reconsider that trip to Disneyland. The California State Tourism Board would prefer it if you didn't read this book. You've been warned.
"It's not his turf, it's not his problem, but now it's someone else's. Chicago Violence meets Disney and Hollywood head on as a Mob Enforcer searches the sun beaten streets of Orange County to find his sisters killer."
BIO
Barry Crowther is an award winning writer from Manchester, England who has made his home in San Clemente Southern California. With a litany of short stories in Literary Publications he has applied his strange and stark style to the crime writing genre. Nothing was a long time in the making and is stylistically challenging. He continues to work and write on the follow up novel in the San Clemente sun with his three daughters, wife and chocolate lab Coney.
REVIEW
"I just finished reading NOTHING and loved it. It's noir without over the top descriptions of violence. The protag is a sociopath in search of his sister's murderer. Being inside his head was a trip. It's a very well written, tightly plotted, fast paced read. It's hard to believe it's a novella.
I'm amazed at Barry Crowther's range of writing, his books are very entertaining and completely different from each other.
Crowther has a real talent for bringing characters to life."
Susie Levin, Amazon Vine Reviewer
He encounters local gang members, a ruthless West Coast mob boss with his private army of mercenaries plus numerous "Hollywood" types. There are plenty of twists and turns until the grim truth is revealed and a rampage of retribution begins. No one in this novella gets a happy ending or an easy way out. When it's over you might want to reconsider that trip to Disneyland. The California State Tourism Board would prefer it if you didn't read this book. You've been warned.
"It's not his turf, it's not his problem, but now it's someone else's. Chicago Violence meets Disney and Hollywood head on as a Mob Enforcer searches the sun beaten streets of Orange County to find his sisters killer."
BIO
Barry Crowther is an award winning writer from Manchester, England who has made his home in San Clemente Southern California. With a litany of short stories in Literary Publications he has applied his strange and stark style to the crime writing genre. Nothing was a long time in the making and is stylistically challenging. He continues to work and write on the follow up novel in the San Clemente sun with his three daughters, wife and chocolate lab Coney.
REVIEW
"I just finished reading NOTHING and loved it. It's noir without over the top descriptions of violence. The protag is a sociopath in search of his sister's murderer. Being inside his head was a trip. It's a very well written, tightly plotted, fast paced read. It's hard to believe it's a novella.
I'm amazed at Barry Crowther's range of writing, his books are very entertaining and completely different from each other.
Crowther has a real talent for bringing characters to life."
Susie Levin, Amazon Vine Reviewer
