โBITTERLY FUNNY . . . [A] SLEEK FIRST NOVEL . . . NOIR CRIME . . . HAS FOUND A STERLING NEW CHAMPION IN PHILLIPS.โ
โThe New York Times Book Review
โA FUTURE HARD-BOILED CLASSICโTIGHT, 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 worldโJames M. Cain meets George V. Higginsโthe best-laid plans of bagmen turn brutal.โ
โThe Dallas Morning News
โOMINOUS, ACTION-PACKED. . . This is a confident, wry debut . . . [that] may remind readers of Fargo or Pulp Fiction.โ
โDetroit Free Press
โI SIMPLY CANโT 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 weโve never heard about whoโs 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, thereโs no one to blame.โ
โRICHARD RUSSO
Author of Straight Man
โA DARKLY COMIC, SOMETIMES BRUTAL PIECE OF NOIR FICTION.โ
โThe Denver Post
Finalist for the Hammett Prize