num_pages: 270
description: In a roadside pool hall out west of Abilene, Kristin Van Dijk, 17, is forced by four thugs to watch the murder of three men, including her pool hustler father. She’s assaulted and beaten and left for dead as Henry Chin, a Chinese immigrant whose grown son was one of those murdered, saves her and secretly helps her recover. Because the local police show no interest in solving the pool hall crime, Henry hires a private investigator more set on justice than law to start a search for the nomadic killers. Then Henry hires two vets to teach Kristin how to protect herself. She develops into one tough package of trouble as she also perfects her pool. At eighteen, she looks for the thugs as she hustles pool in west Texas and earns the nickname Baby Shark. Revenge is difficult, but satisfying. Wonderfully drawn characters? as stark and beautiful as the Texas landscape from which they sprang. -- Billy Hayes, Midnight Express The writing is top notch, the story won’t let you stop reading, but who cares? Baby Shark is such a sexy cool character, I’m in love. -- Penn Jillette of Penn &amp; Teller
language: English
title: Baby Shark
titlecomplete: Baby Shark (Baby Shark, #1)
genres: Mystery, Suspense, Fiction, Thriller, Crime, Noir
ratings_count: 232
series: Baby Shark
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Paperback Original
publisher: Capital Crime Press