Andrew K. (kuligowskiandrewt) - , reviewed on 9/24/2018 + 569 more book reviews

One mistake. One mistake can cost a man his entire lifetime, if not his life. Except ⦠Nick Mason, riding out a 20 year sentence, is given a chance to get back on the streets, his conviction expunged. The price for this freedom may turn out to be a second mistake that costs him a lifetime all over again.

In âThe Second Life of Nick Masonâ, we visit a man who took part in one last questionable job, helping to drive two trucks from the Chicago shipyards to Michigan. All he had to do was drive, until the DEA stopped to ask questions. And the cops showed up, and there was shooting, and a DEA agent lay dead. While in prison, Nick is taken under the wing of one Darius Cole, who simply moved his base of operations from Chicago to the federal penitentiary in Terre Houte. The warden may have been in charge of the prison, but it was obvious that Cole actually RAN it. He wanted Nick to be his man on the outside, and arranged for it to happen.

Author Steve Hamilton uses both Darius Cole AND Nick Mason to cause the reader to think about, âWhat is âfreedom'?â Is it a freedom of location, or of action, or what? AND, whatever our circumstances, how free are we REALLY? He does his job well enough that at times, this book made me feel quite uncomfortable â and I don't know if that was the author's intent or not?

RATING: The book was well written, and made me think â and was tough to put down. I'm tempted to downgrade it a little because it sometimes gave me the willies, BUT darn it, that's what an author is SUPPOSED to do! 5 stars.

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