After being released from prison, ex-con, Booney Dugan, wants to make a fresh start. Unfortunately his best friend has other ideas. When the beautiful, Colleen McCarver, enters his life and presents Booney with a plan to make four million dollars for their early retirement, things quickly get complicated. Throw in a botched robbery and a kidnapping and this thrilling novel turns breathtaking.
The author creates clear, crisp dialog, which enhances the story's furious pace, especially in the later chapters. Roach creates dialog as skillfully as Faulkner does in his story, The Bear. The author has a knack for capturing mood that will remind a reader of Tawni O'Dell's best seller, Back Roads. An English teacher might be put off by his use of punctuation and sentence structure, but it's a great vehicle for moving the plot along quickly without wasting words. The prose is incisive and very persuasive. Each character is consistent in their actions, speech, dress and mannerisms, and has a purpose for being "on stage." The plot is solidly structured and well thought out with a minimum of irrelevant material.
This novel deserves a large audience and should be placed at the top of a readers list of "must reads." If you like an action-packed story with Elmore Leonard type characters, don't miss this one. Considering my propensity for being a critical reviewer, I have to give, Think Fast a well-deserved five star rating.