Blake Dent is a bounty hunter who catches criminals for a living. He lives by the mantra that he's retired until he needs money to get by, which he spends on lavishly indulgent boy's toys. His only real goal in life is adding a curved TV to his enormous gadget collection. But when someone starts brutally murdering people, Blake is forced to catch the killer by the inept and under-funded local police. Lured by the promise of a life-changing sum of money and blackmailed by his past, Blake must identify and stop the twisted murderer before their horrifying mission is completed. Take one portion of darkness, add a large handful of humour, sprinkle a helping of mystery on top, and you end up with Bubblegum Smoothie, the first book in the Blake Dent thriller series from Ryan Casey, author of the Brian McDone books.