The Fury of Blacky Jaguar by Angel Luis Colon

The Fury of Blacky JaguarThe Fury of Blacky Jaguar by Angel Luis Colón
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Smash Bang Wallop! This is a no nonsense bloody novella featuring a gangly, pompadoured ex-IRA wildman as the lead character (the Blacky Jaguar of the title) who is introduced to us by way of beating and shooting a man in his search for someone named Polly. Special Agent Linda Chen has a past with Blacky both as a law enforcement officer and more with their past merely hinted at throughout the novella. There are smatterings of back story here, but the focus is on pulsating "holy shit" action and this more than delivers.

I know from his podcast that Colon has moved onto other kinds of writing in recent times, but it would be great to see more of Blacky even counting the fact that there is a sequel already out there that I need to pick up.


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