Book Log 2010 #21: The Many Deaths Of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen
A pair of Depression-era robbers wake up after a job to discover that they are in police custody - sort of. Rather than being locked up, both are on slabs in the morgue, and have clearly taken enough punishment that waking up shouldn't have been an option.
So starts this tale that sees the pair criss-cross the Midwest to figure out just how they died (the first time). They also have to sort out contacting family and loved ones, all of whom have heard of their demise. We also get a fair amount of back story, complete with a bit of a family mystery that helps explain how the brothers became wanted men.
It's an entertaining story, with a good amount of period color as you'd expect. Worth the read.
02 July 2010
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