{"id":42048,"date":"2025-11-26T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=42048"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:38:19","slug":"the-ride-of-a-lifetime-a-crime-novel-by-g-gruen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=42048","title":{"rendered":"The Ride Of A Lifetime: A Crime Novel by G. Gruen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A gritty, fast-paced noir full of raw emotion, sharp humor, and Detroit soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gruen\u2019s latest is a taut, streetwise plunge into Detroit\u2019s underbelly, where loyalty cracks under pressure and survival demands improvisation. In the frozen streets of Detroit, Billy Pearl just wants to survive. A small-time hustler with big regrets, he\u2019s clinging to his busted-up GTO and a promise to take his comedian girlfriend to L.A. Then he discovers the junker\u2019s worth a fortune\u2014if he can restore it. But word travels fast in Billy\u2019s world, and suddenly everyone wants a piece of his ticket out. When the threats turn personal, Billy learns it\u2019s never about the car\u2014it\u2019s about staying alive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gruen writes with lean, darkly funny precision; his dialogue crackles with authenticity, infused with the rough cadence of Jewish Detroit and the weary poetry of a city that\u2019s been through it all.&nbsp; Beneath the grit and the gallows humor runs a story of broken dreams, fragile loyalties, and the reckless hope that one last score can make things right. Part noir, part tragicomedy, the novel captures the pulse of a city and the soul of a man on the edge. Gruen is an author to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ride-Lifetime-Crime-Novel-ebook\/dp\/B0DYZ7WRKN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date September 22, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Writers Bureau<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN<strong> <\/strong>979-8218799717<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $19.99 (USD) Hardcover, $15.99 Paperback, $3.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gritty, fast-paced noir full of raw emotion, sharp humor, and Detroit soul. 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