Heat 2: the thrilling new crime novel by award-winning film-maker Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner - an explosive return to the world of his film Heat - a No1 New York Times bestseller

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This misogynist exploitation follow-up is noteworthy only for it's use of home invasions, rape and torture as simple plot devices. I would urge both the authors to continue this thrilling saga that has much to offer to the thirsty crime fiction readership which is fed up with the generic novels with their hackneyed tropes and cardboard characters.

The 1986-1988 NBC series “Crime Story,” which Adamson co-created and Mann produced, was set in the ’60s but featured scenes and bits of dialogue that Mann would reprise almost verbatim in “Heat. The two of them meet in Las Vegas, a city that Chris often visits due to his gambling addiction that has caused him many problems throughout his life. It also leaves a lot left hanging so it’s not entirely satisfying to wait almost three decades for a follow up that still has more to come.

Cora, acts as their adopted grandmother, watching over them as Carlos works multiple jobs to provide for the family. Hanna has a score to settle with Wardell who 12 years earlier managed to escape capture to Hanna's dismay. Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis’s brother in arms Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway.

But when an opponent, Justin, on the Westchester South team conspires with his father to bring Michael down, he begins to worry that his secrets will haunt him. Val Kilmer doesn't have a very recognizable voice, so I don't even know if Giles was doing a Val Kilmer impression; regardless, it didn't matter or affect the novel. The sequel/prequel to one of my favorite crime films ever is an overstuffed, overlong, interesting at parts but mostly boring in many other parts novel that never really goes anywhere. Justin and his father gather other Little League coaches to insist that Michael show his birth certificate and prove that he, a pitcher who can throw 80 miles per hour, is really 12 years old.At this point the crime aspect isn’t about heists, it’s more about high tech black market computer gear with international organized crime. The 1995/96 timeline feels like shifting a gear down in terms of pacing and prompted me to skim some of the pages near the end. The pair would become close friends, and Adamson’s experiences pursuing and eventually killing a professional thief named Neil McCauley in the 1960s would inspire several of Mann’s subsequent TV and film projects. Even though he is still deep into post-production on Ferrari, things started taking shape at the top the year for Heat 2 to be Mann’s next feature film, one he has been passionate about making for nearly three decades. There he is given a job working security for a wealthy crime family, who have their fingers on the pulse of new technology and international business.

As a result, the tempo becomes frenetic, reminiscent of that of the film's, and the finale is both cathartic and leaves room for a possible sequel as it is apparent that the character arcs of Hanna and Shiherlis may be further explored as their personal battle doesn't find its solution.

Have not seen the movie, ga and watch that first and then read the book, otherwise you’ll shortchange yourself in the total experience. Mit Szenen, die direkt aus Hollywood zu stammen scheinen, mit vielen abgefeuerten Kugel und knurrenden Männern.