Meet Mr. Big, an approaching-middle-aged hitman who drinks only Absolut vodka martinis and Mumm MMS champagne. Mr. Big has been contracted to eliminate a high profile political target. The 70,000 word crime fiction, set on the Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago, follows the thrills and spills of Big, a veteran of the game of life or death who might just be losing his edge. Big is suspicious from the start, and as he searches for answers from Michael Anthony Jones, the government minister who hires him, he quickly becomes entangled in a complicated web of trickery and deceit. The Minister is not as dumb or dotish as he appears, nor is Inspector Murphy, the corrupt cop whom the Minister drags into the conspiracy—in fact, Murphy pulls off several alarming surprises. To complicate matters, a general election is only a month away, and as the national tension builds, Big considers whether he should go through with the job or not. When Big is on the verge of walking away, his daughter, a modern-day Trini teenager with plenty of attitude and charm, forces his hand, and he has no choice but to go through with the job.
This first-in-a-series novel with cosmopolitan appeal is written in an easy-going Caribbean voice. In MR. BIG, Ty N. Batson brings to life a Trinidadian protagonist who can stand alongside Robert B. Parker's Spenser, Ian Rankin's John Rebus and Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar.Readers will be surprised and delighted by MR. BIG’S unlikely hero, unexpected twists, and fast-paced action, all delivered with sharp dialogue and humour in a Caribbean island setting.
Soon to be in all local bookstores and popular bookstores in the US..........
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