Changes

How well do you know your best friends? Will thought he knew Jeffrey, Nolan and Evan particularly well. Heck, they'd known each other since college at Princeton, before the advent of wives and partners. However, Will's assurance becomes less certain during a golfing weekend. Just blokes together with the WaGs out the way; what could go wrong? Nothing till Jeffrey stops the car to pop into a convenience store and emerges with only the till's contents and the shop assistant he's kidnapped. What do they do? A simple enough question but as the hours tick by it becomes more complicated. Michael Kardos may be a debut novelist but he knows something about writing. As evidence of this I offer you his award for ''One Last Good Time'' (a collection of short stories) and his day job as professor of English and Co-Director of Creative Writing at Mississippi State University. He doesn't rest on his laurels though; this thriller puts his money where his pen is as he takes four ordinary guys, places them in an extraordinary situation and allows us to watch what happens. AlsoIt may seem a little odd that the lads don't just refuse to move when the kidnapper and the victim get in the car, as an asidebut Michael has thought this one through, making the title is particularly clever as we find out at the endresult credible. (You’re right – that ‘’is’’ all I’m saying!)