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MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW

Man on the Run is a crime novel with lots of suspense and humor, immersing the reader in guessing until the end. This is a fast-paced book focusing on three characters Dakota Richards, a Crime Podcaster from LA West Hollywood, Charles Floyd, a former Connecticut state investigator and Francis Hoyt, Master Burglar, the thief who is on the run. Dakota wants to interview the career thief Hoyt, who is the best in the Burglary business. She feels much more ambitious about interviewing Mr. Hoyt. Dakota is a journalist who loves researching crime and digging into people's lives for her podcast. Dakota owns a regular podcast named Prime Time Crime where she used to be a crime reporter for the Albany Times and most recently the Sacramento Bee. 

Hoyt's mission is to stay free. That's when he is approached by a lawyer named Vince who is also a stranger, to do business that involves crime. Vince hires Hoyt by paying him advance cash to break into a warehouse, a mob bank and liberate cash and valuable items for an anonymous client not being exposed to Hoyt. It's a dangerous mission for Hoyt. 

Loved the pace and excellent writing by Charles, the author. Highly recommended read for crime novels and suspense readers. There is thrill, intrigue, danger and surprise.

I received a complimentary copy of the book from  Partners in crime tours. Thanks to the Publishers Down & Out Books for a copy in exchange for my honest review.


  • BOOK DESCRIPTION 




  • Master burglar Francis Hoyt is on the run.

    After walking away from his arraignment in a Connecticut courtroom, he’s now a fugitive who has to figure out what he’s going to do with the rest of his life. And so, he heads west, to Los Angeles, where he meets Dakota, a young true crime podcaster who happens to be doing a series on Hoyt. At the same time, he’s approached by a mysterious attorney who makes Hoyt an offer he can’t refuse: break into a “mob bank,” and liberate the contents.


  • About the Author


Charles Salzberg, a former magazine journalist (New York magazine, Esquire, Redbook, New York Times and others) and nonfiction book writer (From Set Shot to Slam Dunk, an oral history of the NBA, and Soupy Sez; My Zany Life and Times with Soupy Sales), has been nominated twice for the Shamus Award for Swann's Last Song and Second Story Man, which also won the Beverly Hills Book Award. His novel Devil in the Hole was named one of the Best Crime Novels of 2013 by Suspense magazine. He is the author of Canary in the Coal Mine and his short stories have appeared in Mystery Tribune, Down to the River, Lawyers, and Guns and Money. He's been a Visiting Professor Magazine at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and he teaches writing in New York City for the New York Writers Workshop, where he is a Founding Member. He's also on the Board of Prison Writes and is a former Board Member of MWA-NY.

Catch Up With Charles:
www.CharlesSalzberg.com
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Instagram - @charlessalzberg
Twitter - @CharlesSalzberg
Facebook - @charles.salzberg.3
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Down & Out Books (April 17, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 17, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Pages:          369 

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  1. Wall-to-wall booksMay 12, 2023 at 6:05 PM

    Thanks for the great review! This does sound like a great book and I have heard very good thing about this author. <3

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