An NYPD robbery detective uses his insider cop knowledge to rob rich criminals. The latest from Ben Sanders, following his novels American Blood and MarshallтАЩs Law.
Rip-offs are a dangerous game, but heist man Miles Keller thinks heтАЩs found a good strategy: rob rich New York criminals and then retire early, before wordтАЩs out about his true identity. New town, new name, no worries.
Retirement canтАЩt come soon enough, though. The NYPD is investigating him for the shooting of a hitman named Jack Deen, who was targeting Lucy GatesтАФa former police informant and MilesтАЩs ex-lover.
Miles thinks shooting hitmen counts as altruism, but in any case a murder charge would make life difficult. HeтАЩs ready to go to ground, but then Nina Stone reappears in his life.
Nina is a fellow heist professional and the estranged wife of LA crime boss Charles Stone. Miles last saw her five years ago, and since then her life has grown more complicated: her husband wants her back, and heтАЩs dispatched his go-to gun thug to play repo man.
Complicating matters is the fact that the gun thug in question is Bobby Deen, cousin of the dead Jack DeenтАФand Bobby wants vengeance.
The stakes couldnтАЩt be higher, but Nina has an offer that could be lucrative. Maybe Miles can stick around a while longer...