Troy Cook 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers

47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers

Troy Cook

CCP, Jul 2006, $14.95

ISBN: 0977627677

In the Florida Panhandle, when Tara Evans was nine years old her mother died doing the family business and her daddy Wyatt, believing in the maxim of take your daughter to work, had her accompany him on his job, robbing a bank. She became his apprentice learning on the job while studying the bank robber's handbook 47 RULES OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BANK ROBBERS and its related self-help tapes. Fourteen years later Tara is a consummate professional ad a most wanted bank robber.

Recently, Tara has begun to wonder if a life of crime is fulfilling as she has no friends, no home, and no nothing. Her dad seems more psychotic than ever as he has recently broken a key rule not to shoot the innocent. Tara ponders whether she needs a new career, but agrees to do one last job with "don't call me" daddy robbing a bank in remote rural Arizona until Tara meets Max Williams, the son of the sheriff. They are immediately attracted to one anpther with Tara pleading with Wyatt to forego this job, but he refuses while FBI Agents Dawkins and Stratton, his former partners Pete and Bull, and Sheriff Williams want the father-daughter team incarcerated. Tara decides to take this job and shove it, as she and Max flee together from everyone.

This is obviously a zany humorous dark crime caper that will have the audience laughing at the Keystone Kops antics of the cast. The story line is fast-paced but filled with an eccentric cast that brings mania to the mix. Though Wyatt is clearly a psychopath, fans of comedic wacko crime tales will want to join the madcap 47 RULES OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BANK ROBBERS as Troy Cook provides a delightful concoction.

Harriet Klausner