Just when you think that you cant be surprised anymore, a writer like Wallace Stroby ups the ante.---Laura Lippman, author of Id Know You AnywhereCrissa Stone is a career criminal. A complete pro, she never works too close to her New York City home, rarely signs on with the same crew, and never rushes a job. These are the rules that have kept her from getting caught, from doing time. Theyre the rules her mentor and lover taught her, rules he didnt follow as closely as he shouldve. Now hes up for parole, and Crissa needs to come up with some real money real fast to help grease the wheels.Word is that theres an illegal card game set for less than a week from now. The take? As much as seven figures. Desperate, Crissa slaps a plan and a crew together.Its robbery, not murder.
