Lou Berney

Charles "Shake" Bouchon

1 - Gutshot Straight (Jan-2010)
2 - Whiplash River (Jul-2012)
3 - Double Barrel Bluff (Nov-2024)

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  Gutshot Straight
  

  • Jan-2010
  • / General Fiction
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  Charles "Shake" Bouchon - 1
  

  A fast and funny caper in the tradition of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, and the Coen Brothers, Gutshot Straight brings a fresh new talent into the crime fiction fold: Louis Berney. He's already won raves for his short fiction collection The Road to ...

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  Whiplash River
  

  • Jul-2012
  • / General Fiction
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  Charles "Shake" Bouchon - 2
  

  Having left his life of crime behind, former getaway driver Charles "Shake" Bouchon has finally realized the dream of owning his own restaurant in Belize. Unfortunately, to do so he's had to go deep in debt to a murderous local drug lord named Baby J...

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  The Long and Faraway Gone
  

  • Feb-2015
  • / Private Investigator
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  With the compelling narrative tension and psychological complexity of the works of Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, Kate Atkinson, and Michael Connelly, Edgar Award-nominee Lou Berney’s The Long and Faraway Gone is a smart, fiercely compassionate crim...

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  November Road
  

  • Oct-2018
  • / Thriller
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  Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and-mouse chase across 1960s America -- a story of unexpected connections, daring possibilities, and the hope of second chances from the Edgar ...

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  Dark Ride
  

  • Sep-2023
  • / Literary
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  FINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE!From Lou Berney, the acclaimed, multi award-winning author of November Road and The Long and Faraway Gone, comes a Dark RideSometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you needTwenty-one-year-old Hardy ...

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  Double Barrel Bluff
  

  • Nov-2024
  • / Thriller
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  Charles "Shake" Bouchon - 3
  

  Edgar Award-nominated and USA Today-bestselling crime writer Lou Berney returns to his critically acclaimed thriller series starring former mob wheelman Shake Bouchon, who finds himself reluctantly involved in a high-stakes hostage rescue, among the ...

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  Crooks
  

  • Sep-2025
  • / General Fiction
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  From award-winning author Lou Berney comes an electrifying new novel that follows a uniquely American crime family on an unforgettable journey across four decades.You’ve never met a family like the Mercurios.They say the American dream is goin...

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Award-Winning Books by Lou Berney

The Long and Faraway Gone
2016 Anthony Award -- Paperback Original
2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Paperback Original
2016 Macavity Award -- Mystery Novel
November Road
2019 Anthony Award -- Novel
2019 Macavity Award -- Mystery Novel