A History of Violence - Locke Vince

John Wagner, the creator of Judge Dredd, wrote this story in 1995 and in 2005 it was adapted into a film that received a couple of awards. The plot revolves around an everyday man gets caught up in a robbery and through a bit of seemingly luck manages to stop it from happening. He then becomes a local hero with a lot of media attention, which attracts some attention from some mob hit men who claim he is the man they've been hunting for many years. With his family being threatened this book tells the story of an everyday man trying to keep his loved ones alive, leading to an intense thriller of a comic. I wont spoil anything else for you ...  Read the complete review