The Baddest Ass by Anthony Neil Smith
The Baddest Ass - is the 3rd book in Anthony Neil Smith's Lafitte Series and is the latest book to be published by Fahrenheit Pocket Noir.
Prison is a meat grinder. Everyone’s got a gang, a hustle, and a death wish.
Bryce West thought joining the Aryans would keep him alive. Wrong move. Now he’s been served up as fresh meat in a brand-new supermax where alliances shift like quicksand and protection always comes with a price.
Enter Ri’Chess, the ruthless shot-caller who offers West a way out: kill the prison’s most dangerous legend, the infamous Billy Lafitte. Easy, right? Except Lafitte isn’t just another con. He’s a myth with blood on his hands and nothing left to lose.
Trapped between Aryans, Black gangs, bent cops, and predators who smell fear like blood in the water, West is forced into the ultimate choice: become a weapon, or become a victim.
Brutal, darkly funny, and crackling with tension, The Baddest Ass drags you deep inside the nightmare of prison politics, where survival means sacrifice, and the only rule is there are no rules.
The Baddest Ass is Anthony Neil Smith at his best - prison noir doesn’t get darker, dirtier, or deadlier than this.
Praise for The Baddest Ass
“It’s gonna get bad up in here and it’s gonna get sad and it’s gonna get just plain nasty. Right now, this sits at the top of my ‘Best Thrillers Of The Year.” —Les Edgerton, author of The Genuine, Imitation, Plastic Kidnapping and others
“There are going to be the hardcore crowd who will fucking love it, and there are going to be people who will never buy Smith’s stuff again. I think it’s a tremendous novel, one of those little underground books that people hold onto with both hands.” —Ray Banks, author of the Cal Innes novels and the Farrell & Cobb book
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