Dark Neon & Dirt

 

Shaun Nguyen has been many things in his life- a Vietnamese war orphan, part of a Chinese gang, and a soldier in Iraq. Now he’s a master thief and he knows it’s almost time to get out of the game. An old army buddy gets Shaun involved in an armored car robbery that goes terribly wrong. Shaun’s the only one left standing at the robbery and he’s got a bag of diamonds as his prize. Los Angeles police lieutenant Thomas Monroe has been tracking Shaun’s high end heists for years, but without any luck. The stolen diamonds puts Monroe, a sketchy cop, one step closer to Shaun. Shaun wants one more big heist before retiring. His plans get more complicated when he meets a beautiful former FBI agent who has plans of her own. 

I love a good heist novel and this is a great one. It pulled me right in. I’m also a sucker for crime fiction set in LA so I couldn’t resist this one. Shaun and Monroe are complex characters who play a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Shaun is a smart thief and loyal friend, while Monroe is a brilliant and dogged detective with a chip on his shoulder. There’s tons of twists and turns and lots of action. The book has less than 300 pages, so the plot zips along. I tore through this because it was just so good. This was one of my favorite March reads. Author Thomas Trang really knocked it out of the park with this debut crime novel. Loved it. 😍 

Happy Friday! Any fun plans for the weekend? We’re heading to our daughter’s house for the weekend and then to the beach. I have several audiobooks downloaded to listen to while I’m driving. 

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About the Author

Thomas Trang is a French/Vietnamese writer currently living in the UK after stints in Australia, New York, and Singapore. His stories have previously appeared in FutureQuake, Full House Literary and the Revolutions 2 anthology. He is currently working on a SF trilogy which mixes cyberpunk with the gritty realpolitik of The Wire and Cold War spy fiction.