The Devil's Finger

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Summary: shoot-em-up magnificent two crime thriller
Review: Drug lord Esteban Rios runs the border town of Zapata. He controls the police chief, the city council, and the only bank. He builds clinics and playgrounds while running drugs across the border where he owns and operates brothels. His reign of terror extends to the monthly games; these events enable incarcerated Mexican men an improbable chance of freedom if they remain alive long enough. The only institution not controlled by Rios is the church where a priest has just answered an ad in New Breed magazine.

Lon Grainger and Myles Rawlings used to work for Uncle Sam as contract killers, but when the former missed a target the work dried up. They came to Zapata not knowing what is going on, but quickly learn about Rios' stranglehold on the town. They plan to start a mini-war with the objective being to kill Rios and his associates. Rios also prepares for battle because he will never give up his power without a fight.

Fans of action thrillers with plenty of gore will want to read THE DEVIL'S FINGER. At first Lon and Esteban seem like identical twins, but the American mercenary has a social conscience and even tries to keep collateral damage to a minimum while his adversary turns good things into evil and does not worry about innocents. Lon seeks redemption for the accidental death of a child in Zapata he sees the a way to do good. William Ungerman grips the reader's attention with this shoot-em-up magnificent two crime thriller.

Harriet Klausner


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Summary: My new favorite.
Review: If Ungerman hasn't been there, he know someone who was. The world of Delta and the guys who dwell there are glimpsed through a veil, sanitized for public consumption. In this book they pull their punches so the story won't end in the first hour at Zapata and I could quibble with letting civilians hang out to become innocent victims when the ball drops but hey, we civilized folk may need the stoking of moral outrage to justify the ensuing mayhem. I'm sure the real Grainger and Rawlings would have been better represented by the chapter where the warden's troops took up permanent residence in the abandoned retirement community. I can't wait for another book by Ungerman. I would pre-order if I could. An aside: it would be nice to have a short bio on him at the back of the book.

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Summary: More books from Ungerman, please.
Review: It is a pleasure to read an author that knows what he is writing about. Too many so called adventure/action books lack knowledge of weapons, procedures and the mind set of those who do this type of activity for real. Mr. Ungerman seems to have some insight into what actually happens in the world. The book was a little slow after the start then it picks up. Thje bad guys are also realisticly portrayed as to how trully evil they can get. This book does not pull any punches about the evil that men do and how best to deal with it. I am waiting for the next book from Mr. Unger and hope it is soon. See the above reviews to find out the story line.

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Summary: THE DEVIL'S MIDDLE FINGER
Review: Mr. Ungerman's debut novel caught my interest, but midway through it, I found myself forcing my way through it.
It was weird. William Ungerman is a fantastic writer, and he has the talent to take you to these Texas holes and make you sweat and feel grimy.
I suppose it was kinda the pace and the main characters that all seemed to blend together, making it hard to distinguish one from another.
He is a pretty solid action writer. The action parts were written well. I would try him out again.