More from the king of bad-ass. I enjoyed Stallings' first novel, Beautiful, Naked & Dead but the sequel tops it in every way. Moses McGuire is in more trouble, has more firepower, more friends, and a lot more on the line. Stallings always takes us places no one would walk alone, but this time he goes further and shows us the naked truth of strip club life. Ex-con Marine Mo McGuire drags us kicking and screaming to the dark side and pays back the scum who've hurt his friends. This is one you won't be putting down until it's done. ( )