Don't Ever Look Back

Buck Schatz, Book 2

By: Daniel Friedman

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

The sequel to Don't Ever Get Old, which garnered four-starred reviews, a movie deal with a major Hollywood producer, and an Edgar Award nomination for Best First Novel

Twentysomething Daniel Friedman's debut hit novel, Don't Ever Get Old, was a huge critical and word-of-mouth success. Now his unforgettable protagonist BuckSchatz is back, and once again this 88-year-old retired Memphis cop refuses to go gently into that good night. Having sustained injuries in Don't Ever Get Old, Buck is living at a retirement home with his wife, and he's downright miserable being treated like the elderly person he is. But soon, Elijah, a man from his past, pays Buck a visit. Elijah offers Buck a tidy sum to do him a favor, and Buck is eager to close the book on a series of robberies that he could never solve. But things soon go downhill - way downhill.

Written in Buck's signature voice and featuring a mystery that will knock your socks off, Don't Ever Look Back is another home run by an author with a long and star-studded career ahead of him.

©2014 Daniel Friedman (P)2014 Blackstone Audio

They don't make 'em like this anymore

While this is a good story and who-done-it, it's also a tribute to senior citizens and police officers. My favorite part was its glorious humor. The politically incorrect main character, Buck is a one-of-a-kind old coot that we all know. I highly recommend this and its predecessor Never Grow Old to anyone with a dry sense of humor and an old person in their life...and everyone else as well.

Terrific

The Buck Schatz books by Daniel Friedman are two of my all-time favorites on Audible. Great character, really funny, interesting plot and setting. I hope he writes more.

Fascinating read

Entertaining and exciting stories from this author. Loved every word. I feel the same about Don’t ever get old.

Don’t Ever Look Back - so true

I am 77 years old and am loving the honesty of these books, not the plots but the way age is described and used in the stories. Buck is my hero. He uses his brain while lamenting the loss of brawn. Rose is one lucky woman and the author uses humor and great dialogue to build great stories. Well done!

Fighting crime with his walker and his guns.

Loved it. I want to listen to this again right now. The story went back and forth between Buck's past and present battles against a master criminal named Elijah. As as always there is lots of violence, shooting and black humor. I laughed out loud near the end when Buck hits Elijah with his walker and Elijah says "What are you going to do next? spit your dentures at me?" The combination of weird situations, bloody violence and humor reminds me of Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino.