The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli

The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli, Crime Fiction, 320 pages. Piccirilli has written a grim, great book that is blends the casually violent and unfeeling characters of a Scott Phillips novel with the nostalgic bittersweet feel of one of Richard Russo's small towns. Terry has been working on a ranch out west for five long years. He wants to come home now and visit his mom and dad, and his little sister, Dale. He left them and his two uncles and grandfather at home on Long Island with no explanation when he left. He also wants to see Kimmy, the girl he was going to marry before he ran off. He has a lot of explaining to do, and no one explains much in Terry's family. No one really offer a reason why the whole Rand family are a bunch of thieves, that's just what they do. And no one knows why they have the goofy names (and the corresponding tattoos) they do, it's just several generations of habit. And no one can explain what drove older brother Collie to do the horrible crimes he did that landed him on death-row. Sharp, unforgiving, and well-written, with flashes of dark humor.

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