โA perfect summer escape.โ โMaureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air
โA twisty, enthralling heist yarn . . . loaded with the threat of a double cross any time. . . . smart and satisfying.โโThe New York Times, Editors' Choice
Adrift in a sleepy coastal Massachusetts town, a man who ferries fugitives by day gets twisted up in a plot to pilfer diamonds in this Casablanca-infused heist novel.
Jack might be a polished, Harvard-educated lawyer on paper, but everyone in the down-at-the-heels, if picturesque, village of Onset, Massachusetts, knows his real job: moving people on the run from powerful enemies. The family businessโco-managed with his father, a retired spyโis smooth sailing, as they fill up Onsetโs holiday homes during the townโs long, drowsy off-season and help clients shed their identities in preparation for fresh starts.
But when Elena, Jackโs former flameโa dedicated hustler who's no stranger to the fugitive lifeโmakes an unexpected return to town, her arrival upends Jackโs routine existence. Elena, after all, doesnโt go anywhere without a scheme in mind, and it isnโt long before Jack finds himself enmeshed in her latest project: intercepting millions of dollarsโ worth of raw diamonds before theyโre shipped overseas.
Infusing a fast-paced plot with sharp wit and stylish prose, CrimeReads editor-in-chief Dwyer Murphy serves up an irresistible page-turner as full of heart as it is of drama.