36. Light It Up by Nick Petrie

#3 Peter Ash

listened on Libby

400 pgs.

2018
Adult Mystery/Thriller
Finished 8/5/2026
Goodreads rating:  4.16
My rating: 3.75
Setting: Contemporary Denver, CO

My comments: I probably shouldn't have read three of these so close together....the planning and shooting and descriptions got a little too much and I discovered my mind wandering a bit.  Excellent story, though, about legalized pot and all the cash surrounding it, and lots of really bad guys, most of them brilliant retired military, now guns-for-hire.  And you never really worry, because you know that nothing, NOTHING, is going to stop Peter from being the smartest, braves, winner.  

Goodreads synopsis: Combat veteran Peter Ash leaves a simple life rebuilding hiking trails in Oregon to help his good friend Henry Nygaard, whose daughter runs a Denver security company that protects cash-rich cannabis entrepreneurs from modern-day highwaymen. Henry's son-in-law and the company's operations manager were carrying a large sum of client money when their vehicle vanished without a trace, leaving Henry's daughter and her company vulnerable.

Then, when Peter is riding shotgun on another cash run, the cargo he's guarding comes under attack from hijackers and he narrowly escapes with his life. As the incidents mount, he has to wonder: for criminals as sophisticated as these, is this money really worth the risk? And if not, what about his cargo is worth more?

Turn 4 x 6 Index Cards Into a Cute 3" x 4" Glue Book or Junk Journal

 

Great video from Nicole from Relax. Cut. Glue showing how quick and easy it is to make the cutest, easiest mini journal  with just those index cards, glue, and scraps.:  A 💥NEW💥Tiny Tuesday Project! - YouTube  

You can take however long you want to fill it up....part of the prep is using scraps to create all the background pages, ready for ephemera, journaling, gluing, or whatever you desire!