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When Jay Desmarteaux steps out of from prison after serving twenty-five years for murdering a vicious school bully, he tries to follow his convict mentor's advice: the best revenge is living well.But questions gnaw at his gut: Where have his folks disappeared to? Why do old friends want him gone? And who wants him dead?Teaming with his high school sweetheart turned legal Valkyrie, a hulking body shop bodybuilder, and a razor-wielding gentleman's club house mother, Jay will unravel a tangle of deception all the way back to the bayous where he was born. With an iron-fisted police chief on his tail and a ruthless mob captain at his throat, he'll need his wits, his fists, and his father's trusty Vietnam war hatchet to hack his way through a toxic jungle of New Jersey corruption that makes the gator-filled swamps of home feel like the shallow end of the kiddie pool.Praise for Bad Boy Boogie ..."Thomas Pluck has launched himself into the rare category of...must read novels...must re-read...must tell all and sundry about. It is that fine, that compelling. Just tremendous." --Ken Bruen, author of the Shamus and Macavity Award-winning Jack Taylor mysteries"Thomas Pluck's Bad Boy Boogie is a vivid dose of New Jersey noir with heart, soul and muscle." --Wallace Stroby, author of the Crissa Stone series"My first Thomas Pluck novel won't be my last. Bad Boy Boogie is a superb, taut, little thriller that hits all the right notes and sustains its central conceits to the very last page." --Adrian McKinty, author of the Sean Duffy trilogies"Tough, tight, and taut, Bad Boy Boogie is a standout. Thomas Pluck is a writer who knows his dark territory inside and out. A damn fine read from start to finish." --Hilary Davidson, bestselling author of The Damage Done, The Next One to Fall and Evil in All Its Disguises"Beautiful bad-assery. Full of lyrical longing for a youth unfulfilled and the brutal truth of an adulthood gone dangerously wrong. Brilliant. Thomas Pluck may well be the bastard love child of James Lee Burke and Richard Stark." --Josh Stallings, author of Anthony and Lefty Award-nominated Young Americans, and the Mo McGuire series"Thomas Pluck is a crime writer to watch. Steeped in the genre's grand tradition but with heart and bravado all his own, his writing is lean, smart and irresistibly compelling." --Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me and Queenpin

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

Previously published as It Works For Us.