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Ordinary Decent Criminal, An

by Michael van Rooy

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hard-boiled
list price: $11.99
edition:Paperback
also available: Paperback
category: Fiction
published: 2005
ISBN:9780888013132
publisher: Turnstone Press
Description

All ex-drug addict and reformed thief Montgomery Haavik wants to do is settle down with his wife and baby in their new Winnipeg home and work on building a straight life; one free of the day-to-day hustle and danger of being a career criminal. But for a man who's never held down a legitimate job and who faces the daily temptation of returning to the drugs and violence of his past, it isn't going to be easy.When Monty foils a robbery in his new home, killing the intruders, it doesn't make staying on the straight and narrow any easier. He soon finds he has both a small-time crime boss and a star police sargeant looking for ways to ruin him and run him out of town.It's going to take all of the tricks this aging, streetwise ex-con has up his sleeves to prove his innocence and protect his family, all the while avoiding the seductive allure of the life he left behind.

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About the Author

Michael van Rooy

Michael Van Rooy was born in Kamloops, BC. He has worked as a restaurant manager, bartender, fishing guide, card dealer, news editor, freelance researcher, and cheesemaker. He now lives in Winnipeg.

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