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�BITTERLY FUNNY . . . [A] SLEEK FIRST NOVEL . . . NOIR CRIME . . . HAS FOUND A STERLING NEW CHAMPION IN PHILLIPS.� �The New York Times Book Review �A FUTURE HARD-BOILED CLASSIC�TIGHT, COLD, AND CACKLING WITH IRONY. On Christmas Eve [in Wichita], a mob lawyer is skipping town with the cash. But in this boozy, neo-noir world�James M. Cain meets George V. Higgins�the best-laid plans of bagmen turn brutal.� �The Dallas Morning News �OMINOUS, ACTION-PACKED. . . This is a confident, wry debut . . . [that] may remind readers of Fargo or Pulp Fiction.� �Detroit Free Press �I SIMPLY CAN�T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SCOTT PHILLIPS WILL DO NEXT. [This] funny, tough first novel felt like it was written by an old pro, an Elmore Leonard we�ve never heard about who�s discovered a place where the criminals are really dumb, the low-lifes are oh-so-fun to watch and, if somebody just happens to get what he deserves, there�s no one to blame.� �RICHARD RUSSO Author of Straight Man �A DARKLY COMIC, SOMETIMES BRUTAL PIECE OF NOIR FICTION.� �The Denver Post Finalist for the Hammett Prize From the Trade Paperback edition.