A Man Is What He Hides — Jim Arneberg

Jack Falon is broke. He has twokids in college. His daughter's hospital bills and his estranged wife's tonycondo have pauperized him. His once successful restaurants are Mob controlledand no longer turning a profit. When Chicago's crime boss, Lupo the Wolf,offers him a job transporting money to the West Coast, he has no alternativebut to accept. He travels to California with his sidekick, Jerry Kiley, and alady-killer Mob soldier, Tommy. While transporting the money and an exoticautomobile across California to Lake Tahoe, they are hunted down by ElijahSimms, the head of the Arapahos, a notorious Chicago street gang. They escapeand are taken in by a woodland survivalist and his daughter, who becomessmitten with Tommy. But they become trapped on the farm during a ragingblizzard and barricade themselves to fight against the Arapahos and hiredmercenaries on snowmobiles. The grueling forest combat takes its toll, but theyreturn to Chicago to battle the Arapahos for the spoils left by the death of Jack'sMob-connected brother.A Man Is What He Hides isthe third after Into an Unseen Distance and A Long Drop to Eternityin the exciting Jack Falon series.