Hard as Nails, Dan Simmons
Hard as Nails, Dan Simmons
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Hard as Nails

Author: Dan Simmons

Narrator: Fred Filbrich

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2015


Synopsis

If you're going to shoot Joe Kurtz, you'd better shoot to kill.

Ex-PI Joe Kurtz's survival is on the line when an ambush leaves him badly wounded and his parole officer, Peg O'Toole, clinging to life. Their respective professions have ensured that neither suffers from a shortage of enemies, so narrowing down the suspects isn't easy. But Kurtz knows who's at the head of his list: Angelina Farino Ferrara, the lethal beauty who leads the Farino crime family, and her mob rival, Toma Gonzaga.

The odd thing is, each would rather hire Joe Kurtz than fire at him. Someone's causing trouble beneath the gray skies of western New York, and it's drawn the notice of the mobs and the cops. Kurtz is caught in the middle along with the rest of them, and no one knows who's tightening the vise.

About Dan Simmons

DAN SIMMONS is a recipient of numerous major international awards, including the Hugo Award, World Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. He is widely considered to be one of the premier multiple-genre fiction writers in the world. His most recent novels include the New York Times bestsellers The Terror and Drood, as well as Black Hills. He lives along the Front Range in Colorado and has never grown tired of the views.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamie on February 05, 2024

The Joe Kurtz trilogy goes out with a bang! More unrelenting hardboiled thrills as Kurtz gets squeezed between rival mafia bosses, a drug cartel and a deranged killer that's been silently murdering figures from the Buffalo underground, all the while trying to figure out who shot him and his parole o......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on January 07, 2011

You’d think that any book that starts with the main character getting shot in the head on the first page would be the shortest novel in history. But Joe Kurtz is one tough bastard, and it’ll take more than a puny bullet to the skull to keep him down for long. Ex-convict and former private investigato......more

Goodreads review by Will on February 16, 2025

Joe Kurtz is truly ‘hard as nails’! The final instalment in the Joe Kurtz trilogy meets expectations set up from the first two books, which keeps you engaged throughout but leaves you waiting for the next twist. This is both a positive and negative for me, as whilst I was eager to see what happens ne......more

Goodreads review by Dan on January 13, 2022

A fitting end to a remarkably consistent series. As usual, this book is delightfully (and very intentionality) over the top. It gets borderline ridiculous in a few instances, but that’s part of the fun! Simmons is well aware of what he’s doing in these Kurtz books. Subtlety is not the name of the ga......more