Carve the Heart

ByA.G. Pasquella

Published November 2019

Paperback

^$ 19.99

Description

Ex-con Jack Palace returns in a world of violence, heartbreak, and revenge.

Cassandra, the woman who broke Jack Palace’s heart, is suddenly back in his life. She owes $600,000 to a brutal gangster who has threatened her life, and she needs Jack’s help. Things start to get violent when Cassandra suddenly disappears … but not everyone believes she's in danger. Is Jack being set up?

Bikers, mobsters, and strippers collide as Jack storms the mean streets of Toronto searching for Cassandra. To find her, he must rip open old wounds and confront new enemies. But as loyalties falter and secrets are revealed, Jack begins to wonder who he can really trust. If he doesn’t figure it out fast, he — and everyone he cares about — could end up dead.

Reviews

Sharply written, suspenseful and often funny as hell, Carve the Heart smashes its way through the streets of a noirishly entertaining Toronto the Bad like an out-of-control car chase. This is a book up to its shapely ass in double crosses, hot stakes poker games, rescue plans that go sideways, broken noses, strippers, bikers, drug heists, hot sex, plot twists and bottomless tumblers of smoky Scotch sipped in an illegal casino tucked away somewhere in Kensington Market. Can’t wait to see what Jack gets up to in the next installment. In the mean time, I’m going to nose around to see if I can locate that underground casino.

Terri Favro, author of Sputnik’s Children

Pasquella vividly captures the dog-eat-dog existence of the Toronto underworld.

Publishers Weekly

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Booklist

The writing here is very impressive: gritty and profane but also (in the right places) tender and quite moving.

Booklist, for Yard Dog

Contributors

A.G. Pasquella

A.G. Pasquella is the author of the Jack Palace series, which include Yard Dog, Carve the Heart, and Season of Smoke. When he’s not writing, he makes music with the bands Miracle Beard and LaserGnu. Born in Dallas, Texas, he now lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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Book Details

Paperback
November 2019
5x8 in
272 pp
9781459742499

PDF
November 2019
-
272 pp
9781459742505

ePub
November 2019
-
296 pp
9781459742512

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