Review: Raise a Glass to Ger! He just keeps on...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2013
Author Ruby Barnes has provided a great deal of fun, lots of laughs and not just a few near spills in his latest -- Getting Out of Dodge: Peril 2. His main character, Ger Mayes, brings us up to date, after an early release nine years into his prison sentence. He's older, but only a tiny bit wiser.His little lad still makes most of the major decisions along the way and despite the jams he fell into into before, he settles into a new life in Kilkenny with almost exactly the same degree of denial. It seems that many of his life decisions are being made for him and not always to his own best interest. His choices of friends and business associates, lined up against a wall, would spell doom for anyone else, but not for Ger.Ger remains one of my favorite characters in recent fiction, and at read's end, there is just enough carrot left dangling on the end of the stick (even a tiny bit of redemption), to keep me anxious for the next book.  I can easily recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a tight-paced caper and has a sense of humor.