Nobody Move
Angel City
by Philip Elliott
"Elliott has a real feel for comedic noir in the Elmore Leonard vein, and his debut novel screams cult classic" --Booklist
Eddie Vegas made a terrible mistake. Now he has to pay the price. After a botched debt collection turned double murder, Eddie splits, desperate to avoid his employer, notorious L.A. crime boss Saul Benedict, and his men (and Eddie's ex-partners), Floyd and Sawyer, as well as the police. Soon he becomes entangled with the clever and beautiful Dakota, a Native American woman fresh in the City of Angels to find her missing friend--someone Eddie might know something about. Meanwhile in Texas, ex-assassin Rufus, seeking vengeance for his murdered brother, takes up his beloved daggers one final time and begins the long drive to L.A. When the bodies begin to mount, Detective Alison Lockley's hunt for the killers becomes increasingly urgent. As paths cross, confusion ensues, and no one's entirely sure who's after who. But one thing is clear: They're not all getting out of this alive.
Momma Says: 4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nobody Moves is reminiscent of the 90s - early 2000s Tarantino movies, so if you liked those, this should be right up your alley. There's twisted, crazy action tempered with dramatic conversations, and the settings are wonderfully drawn. There is a lot going on, and it's a lot to keep up with. It made me think of a game of chess as the characters make their moves toward and away from each other. Then we have the relationships between the characters, some known and some not, and how they come together in some unlikely circumstances. This one doesn't give us many truly good guys, most of the players in this twisted game are varying degrees of bad, depending on what they'll do and how far they're willing to go. I realize I'm being incredibly vague, but it's near to impossible to give details about this first Angel City book without giving anything away, and this is one that needs be read spoiler-free. Suffice it say that Nobody Moves is full of murder and mayhem, and it moves at break-neck speed from start to finish.
Nobody Moves is reminiscent of the 90s - early 2000s Tarantino movies, so if you liked those, this should be right up your alley. There's twisted, crazy action tempered with dramatic conversations, and the settings are wonderfully drawn. There is a lot going on, and it's a lot to keep up with. It made me think of a game of chess as the characters make their moves toward and away from each other. Then we have the relationships between the characters, some known and some not, and how they come together in some unlikely circumstances. This one doesn't give us many truly good guys, most of the players in this twisted game are varying degrees of bad, depending on what they'll do and how far they're willing to go. I realize I'm being incredibly vague, but it's near to impossible to give details about this first Angel City book without giving anything away, and this is one that needs be read spoiler-free. Suffice it say that Nobody Moves is full of murder and mayhem, and it moves at break-neck speed from start to finish.
❃❃ARC provided by NetGalley and Into the Void
Philip Elliott is an award-winning author and freelance editor. He was a National Juror of the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and a winner of the 2018 Big Pond Rumours Press Chapbook Prize for the short story collection Hunger & Hallelujahs. In 2018, Ghost City Press published his experimental poetry chapbook, The Impending Heat Death of the Universe & Other Things That Stop Me from Caring. His experimental epistolary novella Dreaming in Starlight was published by CTU Publishing Group. His writing has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Philip lives in Toronto with his wife and their spoiled pug. Learn more at philipelliottfiction.com.
Philip Elliott is an award-winning author and freelance editor. He was a National Juror of the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and a winner of the 2018 Big Pond Rumours Press Chapbook Prize for the short story collection Hunger & Hallelujahs. In 2018, Ghost City Press published his experimental poetry chapbook, The Impending Heat Death of the Universe & Other Things That Stop Me from Caring. His experimental epistolary novella Dreaming in Starlight was published by CTU Publishing Group. His writing has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Philip lives in Toronto with his wife and their spoiled pug. Learn more at philipelliottfiction.com.
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