The Ways of Wolfe
A Border Noir
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- USD 3.99
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- USD 3.99
Publisher Description
A Mexican-American convict escapes prison to find his daughter in this "gripping ride" by the Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning author of The House of Wolfe (Arizona Daily Star).
Axel Prince Wolfe was the heir apparent to his Texas family's law firm and its 'shade trade' criminal enterprises. Then he took part in a robbery that went wrong. Abandoned by his partners, he was the only one caught. His family was disgraced, his wife absconded, and his infant daughter Jessie was left an orphan.
Two decades later, Axel has given up his desire for revenge against his partners. All he wants is to see the woman his daughter has become, despite her lifelong refusal to acknowledge him. With eleven years left to serve, Axel escapes with a young Mexican inmate, evading a massive manhunt by heading down the Rio Grande and into a desert inferno. But as his chance to see Jessie comes within reach, a startling discovery sends Axel headlong toward a reckoning many years in the making.
Winner of the Maltese Falcon Award and the Grand Prix du Roman Noir Étranger, James Carlos Blake has been hailed as "one of the most original writers in America today." The Ways of Wolfe continues his acclaimed saga of the Wolfe family (Chicago Sun-Times).
"James Carlos Blake has long been one of my favorites, but his Wolfe family saga may be his best work to date." —Ace Atkins, on The House of Wolfe
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Blood loyalty, forgiveness, and the consequences of violence all figure in Blake's outstanding fourth Border Noir featuring the Wolfes, a Texas clan of gunrunners and honorable thieves (after 2015's House of Wolfe). Back in 1984, Axel Wolfe had a beautiful young wife, a baby daughter, and an assured place in his family's law firm, but an ill-fated decision to take part in a Dallas jewelry store heist forever altered his promising future. When the robbery went bad, Wolfe took a bullet and his two partners left him to take the fall. More than two decades into his prison sentence, the now middle-aged Wolfe decides he has nothing to lose when a young convict named Cacho enlists him in an escape plot orchestrated by powerful cartel relatives. Blake amps up the suspense as the two men find themselves on a wild river ride down the Rio Grande in a desperate attempt to make it across the border. Wolfe dreams of seeing his estranged daughter, Jessie, for the first time in 20 years, if he can survive long enough. Tough, muscular prose complements Blake's powerful storytelling.
