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    Red Means Run
    Red Means Run
    Red Means Run
    Audiobook8 hours

    Red Means Run

    Written by Brad Smith

    Narrated by Graham Winton

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    About this audiobook

    Accolades for Brad Smith's celebrated crime novels include a nomination for the coveted Dashiell Hammett Prize. In Smith's novel Red Means Run, prominent attorney Mickey Dupree is found dead at Burr Oak Golf and Country Club. On record as hating Mickey, small-time rancher Virgil Cain quickly becomes the prime suspect. Virgil knows the fix is in-so he sets out to find the real killer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 16, 2012
    ISBN9781464029752
    Red Means Run
    Author

    Brad Smith

    Brad Smith was born and raised in southern Ontario. He has worked as a farmer, signalman, insulator, truck driver, bartender, schoolteacher, maintenance mechanic, roofer, and carpenter. He lives in an eighty-year-old farmhouse near the north shore of Lake Erie. Red Means Run, the first novel in his Virgil Cain series, was named among the Year’s Best Crime Novels by Booklist.

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    • 4/5
      Enjoyed book two from author Smith! A nice writing style!
    • 2/5
      Ehh... It was just okay. Cactus Jack was much better.
    • 4/5
      Good story-teller and plot, with a lot of showing instead of telling throughout the book.
    • 4/5
      Highly enjoyable. Nice characterization. Kind of a dry sense of humor throughout. This is what the first Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child should've been. It's about a wrongly accused man trying to clear his name and solve the murder, a la Reacher, but instead of being a laconic ex-military type loner with mad fighting skills, Virgil Cain is a laconic ex-baseball player turned farmer salt of the earth type with some flawed but good relationships who is quite realistic. When he's arrested for the murder of a slimy high-powered lawyer who has received a golf club through the heart (whom Cain had threatened previously), Cain starts to realize the incompetent cop in charge of his case isn't looking any further for the real murderer. Much like with Jack Reacher, a woman cop also features, but unlike with Reacher, the cop is intelligent, with professional skills, and the romantic elements between the two actually make sense. There's a rogue's gallery (as one reviewer put it) of potential murderers, the body count progresses but no gratuitously violent scenes (i just lost the Reacher fans), and the twists and turns kept me guessing. Great straightforward enjoyable suspenseful mystery.
    • 4/5
      Brad Smith was a new Canadian author to me. I picked up his book "Red Means Run" based on a blurb which described it as "country-noir." It was a fun read, but more along the lines of a Robert Crais smart-aleck type of mystery instead of the dark-tinged noir genre. I've grown to associate the term country-noir with the Ozark-based novels and short stories of Daniel Woodrell and I think he was the one who first coined the term. Woodrell's works are a lot darker and more closely fit the idea of noir in general. Brad Smith's "Red Means Run" is more along the lines of a comic caper type of novel although it is still a murder mystery. His lead character is a Canadian named Virgil Cain who through a chain of events is farming in upper-New York State in the vicinity of Kingston, nearby the famed Woodstock / West Saugerties (home of the Big Pink house) sites associated with Bob Dylan and the Band. Cain is framed for a murder and ends up working with sassy country police detective Claire Marchand to solve the crime. The sharp and witty dialogue between the two leads was one of the pleasures of the book and gives it the sort of flavour of Elmore Leonard's "Out of Sight." I'll definitely look out for past and future Brad Smith novels as a series seems to promised from the "Red Means Run" sub-title "a Virgil Cain novel."Trivia note: The title of the book is taken from the Neil Young "Powderfinger" song lyric: "Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin', He told me, red means run, son, numbers add up to nothin'."
    • 4/5
      This book is a must-read for any mystery fan who enjoys a a fast and entertaining read. Brad Smith has written an engaging story with razor-sharp dialogue and a wonderfully snarky sense of humor (shades of Carl Hiaasen). This is the first in a series featuring horse farm owner Virgil Cain who is described by another character as "sometimes too smart for his own good". He is pretty much a loner - and likes it that way - and tries to keep his head down and out of trouble. But trouble has a way of finding him and before you know it, he's being arrested for murder. Virgil is innocent only the police don't seem to care since they have a suspect in custody. So it's up to Virgil to get himself cleared and find out who really is the killer. Along the way, he matches wits with attractive police detective Claire Marchand and it's great fun to see the chemistry build between these two very interesting characters. A great read from start to finish!
    • 4/5
      The Good Stuff * Canadian author & not at all depressing (Yes I know I have an ``issue``) * Dialogue is hilarious at times * Lots of plot twists and turns that keep you guessing on whodunit -- I swore it was one person and it ended up being someone else * Interesting secondary characters * Claire reminds me of Beckett from the TV show Castle * Love how Claire and Virgil's back-stories are given in bits and pieces here and there - gives it a realistic feel * Suzanne was a fun character - enjoyed her frank way of speaking * Enjoyed some of the thinly veiled pot shots at dumb American cops * Perfect read for a cold winters nightThe Not So Good Stuff * a little slow at times, but mostly because it is giving you a lot of background on Virgil for further books * Title sucks & cover is sort of lame (sorry have to be honest)Favorite Quotes/Passages"She considered not calling Joe Brady for a while. Presumably he and the dogs were still on the trail, stumbling around in the thick woods east of the Hudson. Maybe Joe would bump his head on a tree limb and smarten up a little. In the ends, she did call him, out of respect for Patterson and thew SWAT guys. The dogs too.""The Mounties will get him," Joe said. "He`s one of theirs." "Yeah" Claire said. "They probably have some special insight on how a Canadian thinks." "I`m heading up into Canada," he told her. "To talk to the Mounties."He made the announcement as if he were Meriwether Lewis and Canada was the great unknown expanse west of the Mississippi. "Who Should /Shouldn't Read * Mystery fans will enjoy * Perfect for fans of Lehane and Deaver4 Dewey`sI received this from Simon and Schuster in Exchange for an Honest Review
    • 5/5
      I've added Brad Smith's previous books to my Canadian authors displays at the library in the past, but I admit I hadn't read this author until I picked up his new release - Red Means Run. And I really wish I had, because he's good - really good.Criminal attorney Mickey Dupree is found dead at the local golf course. It looks to be murder - the golf club shaft through the chest points to it. And the cops think the clues point straight to Virgil Cain. Once they've locked him up in jail, Virgil realizes that the only way to prove his innocence is to do it himself. So....he breaks out of jail and starts to work the case himself. Smith's forté is the characters he has created. Virgil is described as a 'clever, laconic charmer' and I don't think I could say it any better. But I would add in sexy. Kind of a country Jack Reacher if you will. The two cops pursuing Virgil are poles apart. Joe Brady is an inept bumbler completely unaware of his deficiencies, certain that he is the man. But Claire Marchand is another story - she's a match for Virgil - maybe in more ways than one. Their cat and mouse game is fantastic. The aging vet, Mary, is a solid supporting character with many of her own tales I suspect.But those characters are also carrying a plot that is fun, fast and furious. The run up to the ending (which featured a great twist) had me turning pages at breakneck speed. Okay, so the characters and the plot are great - what else? The dialogue - short and snappy, matching the pace of the action. The book is set in the US, but I enjoyed the sly Canadian jibes and references thrown in. Red Means Run will appeal to all readers - Smith has provided strong protagonists of both sexes. I can't wait to read the next in this new series.Just a fantastic read - highly recommended. (And I think there's more than a little of Brad in Virgil.... which means I'm a little bit in love with Brad too...)