A CrimeReads <b>"Best Noir Novel of 2021"</b><br><br>"A sucker punch noir that is also a powerful and haunting allegory of work, debt, and power." <b>—Richard Price</b><br><b><br></b>"An unreliable narrator makes this thriller all the more gripping." <b>— WBUR<br></b><br><b>A down and dirty gem of a tale—a twisty and twisted crime novel that evokes the worlds of George V. Higgins, Patricia Highsmith, and David Mamet, <b>destined to be a Neo-noir classic.</b></b><b><br></b><br>Rick and Frank are recovering addicts and accomplished house thieves. They do not steal randomly - - they steal according to order, hired by a mysterious handler. The jobs run routinely until they’re tasked with taking a seemingly worthless trophy: an object that generates interest and obsession out of proportion to its apparent value.<br> <br>Just as the robbery is completed, the two are involved in a freak car accident that sets off a chain of events and Frank dis