[Hard Case Crime 50] • Fast Charlie

Victor Gischler’s legendary first novel, originally published as Gun Monkeys, tells the story of Charlie Swift, loyal Mob enforcer to a Central Florida crime boss, who goes ballistic when a rival gangster murders his crew, his boss goes missing, the FBI swarms the scene, and a cadre of killers come after him with everything they’ve got. No one’s quicker on the trigger than Charlie Swift – but is Charlie fast enough to get himself out alive…?

Now a major motion picture starring Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin, and (in his final role) James Caan, Fast Charlie is a breathless, top-velocity tale of treachery, taxidermy, and family ties.