01761cam a2200337 i 4500 1605540149 TxAuBib 20240924120000.0 240417s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780316568470 hardcover $29.00 0316568473 hardcover $29.00 (OCoLC)1432336177 TxAuBib rda Lange, Richard, 1961-, author. Joe Hustle : a novel / Richard Lange. First edition. New York : Little Brown & Company, 2024. 255 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Joe Hustle is a survivor. A Gulf War vet and ex-con always one stumble away from catastrophe, he manages to scrape together enough money from various jobs to eke out a precarious existence on the darker fringes of Los Angeles. When he meets Emily, the black-sheep daughter of a wealthy family, the two spark an instant connection--she seems like the best thing to happen to him in a while. But their whirlwind romance is put to the test when what starts out as a simple favor for a friend leaves Joe homeless, unemployed, and on the wrong side of a vengeful drug dealer. An impulsive offer to go on a road trip with Emily promises to take them out of harm's way--but may only lead to more chaos. 20240924. Ex-convicts Fiction. Veterans Fiction. Working poor Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Organized crime Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif) Fiction. TXKIP