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Andrew Vachss returns with a mesmerizing novel about a hard-core thief who's about to embark on a job that will alter his life forever. Sugar is that rarest of commodities: an old-school professional thief, tough and loyal as a pit bull, packing 255 pounds of muscle. When he's picked out of a photo array in a vicious rape case, the cops find his apartment empty. A stakeout catches Sugar when he returns . . . carrying a loaded pistol. The sex-crime cops get nothing from their interrogation, but a streetwise detective figures out why Sugar offers no alibi: at the time of the rape, a holiday-weekend break-in job was being pulled at a jewelry store. The DA offers Sugar two options: give up his partners in the jewelry heist and walk, or plead to the rape he didn't commit--and he'll toss in the gun charge. For Sugar, that's not two options; he takes the weight. When Sugar finishes his time, his money is waiting for him, held by Solly, the mastermind behind the jewelry heist. But Solly tells Sugar that one of the heist crew was actually sent by another planner--and that planner has just died. In Sugar's world, all loose threads must be cut. He suspects that there's more to this job than what Solly is telling him. But nothing he suspects or imagines can prepare him for what he finds . . .

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The hardest-boiled crime fiction this side of Sing Sing. <br>-- USA Today <br> <br> Many writers try to cover the same ground as Vachss. A handful are as good. None are better. <br>-- People <br> <br> Vachss is red hot and as serious as a punctured lung. <br>-- Playboy <br> <br> [Vachss writes] some of the cleanest, meanest, stripped-down-and-sparkling prose ever penned. <br>-- The Austin Chronicle <br> <br> Vachss's writing is like a dark roller-coaster ride of fear, love, and hate. <br>--New Orleans Times-Picayune <br> <br> There's no way to put a [Vachss book] down once you've begun. <br>-- Detroit Free Press <br> <br> Andrew Vachss is a contemporary master. <br>-- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"""The hardest-boiled crime fiction this side of Sing Sing."" --""USA Today"" ""Many writers try to cover the same ground as Vachss. A handful are as good. None are better."" --""People"" ""Vachss is red hot and as serious as a punctured lung."" --""Playboy"" ""[Vachss writes] some of the cleanest, meanest, stripped-down-and-sparkling prose ever penned."" --""The Austin Chronicle"" ""Vachss's writing is like a dark roller-coaster ride of fear, love, and hate."" --New Orleans ""Times-Picayune"" ""There's no way to put a [Vachss book] down once you've begun."" --""Detroit Free Press"" ""Andrew Vachss is a contemporary master."" --""The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"""

The hardest-boiled crime fiction this side of Sing Sing. -- USA Today Many writers try to cover the same ground as Vachss. A handful are as good. None are better. -- People Vachss is red hot and as serious as a punctured lung. -- Playboy [Vachss writes] some of the cleanest, meanest, stripped-down-and-sparkling prose ever penned. -- The Austin Chronicle Vachss's writing is like a dark roller-coaster ride of fear, love, and hate. --New Orleans Times-Picayune There's no way to put a [Vachss book] down once you've begun. -- Detroit Free Press Andrew Vachss is a contemporary master. -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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"Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many books include the Burke series and two collections of short stories, and his work has appeared in ""Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, "" and ""The New York Times, "" among other publications. A native New Yorker, he divides his time between the city of his birth and the Pacific Northwest. The dedicated website for Andrew Vachss and his work is www.vachss.com."

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