Point And Shoot is Swierczynski's third book in the Charlie "The man who couldn't be killed" Hardie trilogy. Here again, Hardie gets more than his fair share of abuse, including thrown around a space craft, burned on reentry, locked in the trunk of a coma car (again!) and other indignities. But many things are explained, usually satisfactorily, and he tries to settle down to a "normal" life. Or does he?

This book opens with Charlie Hardie in space, where he either was sent or was going to be sent at the end of the second book, [b:Hell and Gone|9583670|Hell and Gone|Duane Swierczynski|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344270038s/9583670.jpg|14470612] (I forget which). He gets an unusual visitor and things, as expected, only get weirder and weirder on the ground. The mission this time is to save his estranged wife and pissed off teenage son, Charlie Jr. from the Accident People, or, as they are better known as now, The Cabal.

He runs into a few old nemesises (nemisisi?), all who are just dying to take him out once and for all. But on the way across country, Hardie gets a few things explained to him, which clarify some interesting plot arcs from across the entire trilogy. He does some rescuing, gets rescued some and finally tries to settle down in some kind of witness protection plan. But...

I liked this one more than Hell And Gone, but a little less than [b:Fun & Games|9583669|Fun & Games|Duane Swierczynski|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1297867711s/9583669.jpg|14470611]. I did really like the story arc, which was way more believable than Hell And Gone. I also liked how Swierczynski explained some of the harder to believe bits of the Charlie Hardie story. A little too dependent on the ever present government conspiracy, but still fun and believable.

The writing was, as usual, sharp and humorous, like:

The Other Him gave a creepy look that bordered on pity. Oh, you poor baby. Which was surreal. Was that what Hardie looked like when he was trying to look sympathetic? No wonder everybody seemed to want to punch him in the face.