When Speedy raises from Pelican Bay State Prison, he hitchhikes home to Oakland only to find his little brother Willy a homeless crack addict, and his best friend Fat Bob bouncing in SF's underground punk clubs.  When two of their childhood homeboys get wrapped in chains by Nuestra Familia drug dealers and thrown in the American River alive, our heroes somehow get it together enough to plot revenge.    Sure, it maybe takes the edge of Speedy's game a little when he starts playing house with beautiful phone psychic Carmel.  And it complicates things a bit more when Officer Louis, the same cop who put Speedy in prison, starts dogging their steps like an unwelcome relative.  But when a racist coven of skinheads comes howling for Speedy & Carmel's blood, and a serial killer with a Monster in his head decides that Speedy is the answer to all his unholy prayers, things get REALLY interesting . . .

Street Raised

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Hansen, Pearce

Mystery

Wildside Pr

<p>Oakland, 1984.Skinheads prowl the streets, a serial killer talksto God through the business end of a butcher knife, and Mexican doperunners dump their chained enemies into the river alive. Navigating ablasted landscape of feral dogs, crooked cops, and violent criminals isSpeedy, an ex-con come home to a litany of problems: the cops want hisass back in prison, his friends are being murdered by the local druglords, and now romance has reared it's lovely head as distraction. Speedy has raised, and he will take whatever he damn wellpleases. For better or worse, he is what he is: a savage mother.</p>

POINTBLANK

Switchblade returns with another lethal dose of outlaw fiction. Rage, retribution, revenge—that’s just the tip of the stiletto. Greed, bloodlust, infamy—the more you read, the deeper the laceration; twisting as it mangles. Featuring 14 choice cuts from Pearce Hansen, Nick Manzolillo, J.D. Graves, Keith Rawson, Max Sheridan, Diana Deverell, Peter DiChellis, Henry Brock, A.B. Patterson, Lisa Douglass, Aaron Majewski, Mike Derochick, Tais Teng, and Jeffrey Burton. Twisted and barbed like your ex; sharp and deadly like the femme fatale you know you can’t resist—Switchblade Issue Four: it ain’t your grandma’s Ellery Queen.

Switchblade (Switchblade Volume One)

Burton, Jeffrey

Manzolillo, Nick

Graves, J.D.

Rawson, Keith

Teng, Tais

Deverell, Diana

Patterson, A. B.

Majewski, Aaron

Derochick, Michael

Literature & Fiction

Caledonia Press

<p>Oakland, 1984. Skinheads prowl the streets, a serial killer talks to God through the business end of a butcher knife, and Mexican dope runners dump their chained enemies into the river alive. Navigating a blasted landscape of feral dogs, crooked cops, and violent criminals is Speedy, an ex-con come home to a litany of problems: the cops want his ass back in prison, and his friends are being murdered by the local drug lords. Speedy has raised, and he will take whatever he damn well pleases. For better or worse, he is what he is: a savage mother.</p>

Street Raised: the Broken River Books Edition

Independently published

Oakland, 1984. Skinheads prowl the streets, a serial killer talks to God through the business end of a butcher knife, and Mexican dope runners dump their chained enemies into the river alive. Navigating a blasted landscape of feral dogs, crooked cops, and violent criminals is Speedy, an ex-con come home to a litany of problems: the cops want his ass back in prison, his friends are being murdered by the local drug lords, and he still can't figure if his ex-girlfriend wants him or wants him dead. As the tension squeezes tighter and tighter, Speedy enlists the help of his homeless crackhead brother and his bouncer best friend on a suicide mission towards the one grimy light at the end of the tunnel: a big pile of drug money, just waiting to be stolen from the thugs that guard it.Speedy has raised, and he will take whatever he damn well pleases. For better or worse, he is what he is: a savage motherfucker.

Broken River Books

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