Reddit reviews Beat the Reaper: A Novel

I would wholeheartedly recommend Beat the Reaper.

I was browsing through a used bookstore. I opened it up, read the first line, and bought it. It pretty much never let up.

The first line:

"So I'm on my way to work and I stop to watch a pigeon fight a rat in the snow, and some fuckhead tries to mug me!"

I thought I recognized this. It's from Wild Thing by Josh Bazell. It's the sequel to Beat the Reaper but honestly not anywhere as good. Beat the Reaper was a fun read though. Kind of a satirical crime thriller. Reads like a mixture of Hiaasen and Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. With lots of swearing - which is a little juvenile - and some thinly-veiled social commentary. Overall I'd recommend it if you're stuck in an airport or need something engaging while on vacation.