The Story of BUST continues in...

SLIDE and
THE MAX

by KEN BRUEN
and JASON STARR

Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos return in parts two and three of the BUST saga! In SLIDE, Max sets out to become a crime kingpin while, across the ocean, Angela starts dating a serial killer. Then in THE MAX, they both wind up in prison — Max in Attica and Angela in a quaint little prison on the island of Lesbos...

RAVES FOR THE BUST BOOKS:

“Wild, remarkably vulgar, and very funny.”

— Booklist

“Tense, witty, cold-blooded [and] vividly fresh.”

— Entertainment Weekly

“Two of the century’s best thriller writers have joined forces to bring a postmodern twist to the black heart of noir fiction.”

— Publishers Weekly

“Sleazy, irreverant, offensive — and wildly entertaining.”

— Chicago Tribune

“Demented, violent, twisted, amoral... some of the funniest dialogue this side of Elmore Leonard.”

— Otto Penzler, New York Sun

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