Well, we've had two months of love, that is, two months of Ted Kooser's valentines, and while that's a delightful and soul-stirring thing, maybe it's time for a little mayhem in the form of Sean Doolittle's Rain Dogs. Poor Tom Coleman. All he's looking for is a little peace and quiet, when all hell breaks loose. No less a writer than the divine Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River, has said, "As long as there are writers like Sean Doolittle out there, American crime fiction has got a sterling future ahead of it. Rain Dogs is tense, evocative ... A terrific novel." And the great George Pelecanos, author of Drama City, says, "Sean Doolittle is a young writer with serious chops. With Rain Dogs he brings it strong." Rain Dogs is smart, funny, and tough. It's like April in Nebraska — the hard rain has come. Wear a helmet.

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