Review: Gunbarrel Highway

 

GUNBARREL HIGHWAY

By Sean Bridges

Suspense / Thriller

Wild Rose Press

Pages: 264

Publication Date: November 20, 2024

SYNOPSIS

Texas trophy wife Claudia Grant dies after she causes an early morning car accident. In the other vehicle, Daniel Morrison, an attorney struggling with a pending divorce and pill addiction, panics and leaves the scene.

The victim’s husband, congressional candidate Hayden Grant, is a corrupt politician who seizes the opportunity and places a million-dollar reward on Morrison’s capture. Dead or alive.

Daniel is on the run. Roya Navarro, a determined San Antonio police detective, is hot on his trail with local law enforcement, county sheriffs, a hungry journalist, and trigger-happy citizens all across the Lone Star state out on the hunt for the bounty.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sean Bridges is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl award-winning screenwriter and author. He's a Stephen King Dollar Baby with his festival winning audio production of One for the Road.

His Audible Parade Productions created a serial audio thriller, Triple Six and are currently at work on their next horror/suspense audio series, Parasite Zero.

His latest screenplay, Beginner’s Luck is a 2024 award-winner at the SAFILM-San Antonio Film Festival and Austin Film Festival. He’s also worked on a number of projects for Troublemaker Studios out of Austin, TX. He lives and works in the Texas Hill Country.

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REVIEW

I’m still finding my way through thriller books, and Sean Bridges’ Gunbarrel Highway definitely helped me along! This story is action packed from the very beginning. In this story, we come across an unfortunate accident where a down-on-his-luck Daniel chooses to leave the scene - snowballing a series of events that truly takes its twists and turns. A congressman puts a prize on Daniel’s head basically, and it creates a dramatic chase that takes the reader right along.

We learn a lot about Daniel as we accompany him on his escape. Bridges did a wonderful job writing the inner turmoil that Daniel is experiencing. I also loved reading about Roya Navarro, the strong and skilled female detective that is after Daniel. I am a big fan of relentless and masterly characters - but even more when those characters are women and especially when they are in fields or spaces where we would ordinarily see men/male characters.

I think it can be really easy for characters in thrillers to fall flat and stereotypical, but I did not find that to be the case in Gunbarrel Highway. I found the characters to be well-rounded and interesting - a big plus for a character-driven reader such as myself. Gunbarrel Highway was a thrilling read that kept me wanting to read it and see it through. I think lovers of thrillers and readers new to thrillers alike will truly enjoy this work.

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