Lucky Supreme: A Darby Holland Crime Novel (#1) (1) (Darby Holland Crime Novel Series)

Best Crime Novel of the Year-Joy Ride through the Tattoo Underworld of Portlands Old Town The night world of Old Town Portland Oregon has gone mad in the grip of gentrification and at the center of it all is Lucky Supreme a seedy tattoo parlor whose proprietor is a street-bred artist with a unique approach to problem solving Darby Holland has enough on his radar but when some flash tattoo artwork stolen from him resurfaces in California he cant help himself His efforts to reclaim it set him on a dangerous path dragging along his delightfully eccentric colleagues including the brains behind his brawnDelia a twiggy vinyl-clad punk genius secretly from the other side of the tracks No one knows why the art signed Roland Norton Panama 1955 is worth anything or how it came to hang on the walls of a tattoo shop in Portland Oregon Only the deranged former owner can say-and hes not talking Before the wrecking balls swing through Old Town in the name of progress Darby must settle old scores and face new demons to save his reputation his shop and his sanity He has secrets of his own and a tattoo shop in Old Town was a perfect place to hide but when cash lies crime and history collide Darby Holland will need his ramshackle skill set his wits and a lot of luck to rise to the top of a human food chain or be eaten alive Lucky Supreme is an intuitive thrill ride from start to finish It is the first of a trilogy featuring Darby Holland Delia and the other unforgettable nocturnal residents of Old Town Jeff Johnson is a new voice in noir as entertaining and as fresh as Elmore Leonard or Dennis Lehane