It has taken me much too long to review this story, but I finally have some time and the technology hook up to write this much much too late review of Felony Fists (Fight Card).
First off, if you haven't already. Buy this story.
Got it? Good!
Now for the skinny on the story, straight out of the Amazon description.
Los Angeles 1954
Patrick “Felony” Flynn has been fighting all his life. Learning the “sweet science” from Father Tim the fighting priest at St. Vincent’s, the Chicago orphanage where Pat and his older brother Mickey were raised, Pat has battled his way around the world – first with the Navy and now with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Legendary LAPD chief William Parker is on a rampage to clean up both the department and the city. His elite crew of detectives known as The Hat Squad is his blunt instrument – dedicated, honest, and fearless. Promotion from patrol to detective is Pat’s goal, but he also yearns to be one of the elite.
The description of the story gives you a small taste of what's in store when you pick up the book for a trip into Americas' past both fictionally and historically. But what it leaves out is the hard hitting realism of the fight scenes and the tight fisted drama that moves this story from page to page.
I completely enjoyed this story. The writing was top notch, and the story was imaginative. The characters, particularly Patrick "Felony" Flynn, hit you with a combination right off the page.
Raise his arms as the champion of this bout, the author Paul Bishop writing as Jack Tunney sets a standard for the series that will be hard to better. I'm looking forward to reading more in the Fight Card series.
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