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Charlie Swift is an old school kind of guy. Runs a tight ship. Respects his boss. Takes care of his mom and kid brother. And, he's a stone cold killer. When a fancy new-wave hood, hungry for the primo Orlando territory Charlie enforces, offs most of Charlie's boys in a…
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Charlie Swift takes his criminal life seriously. It’s a job, and he wants to be the best at it. But he can step up and set things straight with the best of them when things go south. Pity the man who gets in his way. Charlie Swift is not someone you betray and get away with it.
This is a new crime classic filled with black humor and thrilling action, in a new edition under the title Fast Charlie (to coincide with the film adaptation). If you can get past the opening page without being hooked, something is wrong with…
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