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""Lou Berney's Crooks stands with some of the finest crime novels ever written."" -- Don Winslow, #1 Internationally bestselling author ""A panoramic, cross-generational look at a unique family pursuing their individual visions of the American dream."" -- Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author From award-winning author Lou Berney comes an electrifying new novel that follows a uniquely American crime family on an unforgettable journey across four decades. You've never met a family like the Mercurios. They say the American dream is going farther in life than your parents ever did. But how does that work if your parents are criminals? For Buddy, a low-level mob wise guy, and Lillian, a charming pickpocket, the criminal underworld is the only life they've ever known. When they're forced to flee the glittering Babylon of Las Vegas, they end up opening a club in Oklahoma City--a town that quickly feels like a gold mine of fresh marks and easy new money. Along for the ride are their five children, all of them raised into the family business of crime--until the day comes when they each have a chance to make their own way in the world, even if they can never completely escape the family's long, dark shadow. Jeremy, the family's Golden Boy, will throw himself into the glittering excesses of a drug-fueled Hollywood in the roaring 1980s. Tallulah, the daredevil, will find herself in the deadly Wild West of post-communist Moscow. Ray, the dope, the dumb muscle since he was a kid, wants nothing more than to put down his gun, but following orders is all he's ever known. Alice, the genius who renounced her life of crime long ago, now sees her white-shoe law firm being blackmailed and must tap into old skills to save both the company and her own life. And Piggy, a civilian always on the outside looking in on his crime family, desperate to be part of the gang. Crooks is an epic novel about a truly unforgettable family- each Mercurio has to grapple, in their own way, with the family's powerful criminal legacy.

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""A truly stunning masterpiece of crime fiction. Lou Berney's Crooks stands with some of the finest crime novels ever written...A fascinating family-crime cocktail with elements of Goodfellas, Boogie Nights, and The Godfather all brilliantly mixed together in one unforgettable novel."" -- ""Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author""

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Lou Berney is the multiple award-winning author of November Road, The Long and Faraway Gone, Double Barrel Bluff, Dark Ride, as well as Gutshot Straight and Whiplash River. His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. He lives in Oklahoma City. Johnathan McClain currently can be seen on the new CBS drama SEAL Team. Previously, he played a recurring role on AMC's critically acclaimed drama Mad Men, and was the lead of the TV Land comedy series Retired at 35, starring alongside George Segal and Jessica Walter. He has also had series regular roles on The Bad Girl's Guide, starring Jenny McCarthy, and Jessica Simpson's sitcom pilot for ABC. His additional television work includes a recurring role on 24, and guest appearances on NCIS: Los Angeles, Trial and Error, The Exorcist, Major Crimes, The Glades, Scoundrels, Medium, CSI, Law & Order: SVU, Without a Trace, CSI: Miami, and Happy Family. On film, he appeared in the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and several independent features. Johnathan feels privileged to have lived for many years in New York, and his work there includes appearing Off-Broadway in the original cast of Jonathan Tolins's The Last Sunday in June at The Century Center, as well as at Lincoln Center Theatre and with the Lincoln Center Director's Lab. Around the country, he has been seen on stage at South Coast Repertory, The American Conservatory Theatre, Florida Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, and the National Jewish Theatre. His Los Angeles stage credits include the Los Angeles Times Critic's Choice production of The Glass Menagerie at The Colony Theatre, for which Johnathan received a Garland Award for his portrayal of Jim O'Connor. Johnathan is an experienced voice-over artist who has narrated nearly 100 audiobooks to date. His favorites include the Audie Award-winning Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff and The Last Days of Night, by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Graham Moore. Additionally, as a writer, Johnathan has created several television pilots, two feature film scripts, and is presently at work on a novel series with New York Times bestselling author JA Huss. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Laura.

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