Review: Fast and Clever
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
FAST AND CLEVER.Retribution is not your ordinary gangster gore. Charles R. Stubbs has rearranged the great order of events in his story to paint action into reaction, so your body stays perfectly still, as you are caught up reading every line, while your head spins `round to catch the many angles to the plot, where even ornithology fits the bill.Travis Williams is the man we're following, and Stubbs describes him well, making sure to add the flaws, weaknesses, fears, as our man recovers from an ordeal he lived through five years prior. Yet, he is a qualified bird watcher; so we sense a gentleness and attention to detail lurking behind his shy demeanor.As Travis learns to espouse life again, he makes plans to meet someone who caught his eye, all those years ago, Ann Butler. And thus the adventure begins, quickly, an adventure to put all their lives in mortal danger.One other character worth exploring is `Mr. Smith'. He goes by the name of Barry Styles, one of those characters we love to hate. As treacherous as he seems, Nobby, as they call him, is well described and actually as threatening as the author makes him out to be; meaning you wouldn't want to find yourself walking down the street with Nobby trailing a few steps behind.I can easily recommend this book to anyone who likes fast paced action.