From the Anthony Award-winning author of TWISTED CITY CAN YOU TRUST YOUR FRIENDS? The DePinos are miserable, living in a tiny rundown apartment above a deli in Hell's Kitchen. The Sussmans live in an upscale building on the Upper East Side. When Joey DePino loses his job and is threatened by his bookies and a loan shark, he involves the Sussmans in a sick, desperate plan to pay off his gambling debts. But ad exec David Sussman has his own problems trying to stop his psychopathic mistress from ruining him, and he won't go down without a fight. As the lives of the DePinos and the Sussmans collide, Joey and David plunge their families into an amoral world where no one will survive unscathed. PRAISE FOR JASON STARR AND NOTHING PERSONAL "Has the New York sound and energy, dialogue that's on the beat."
ELMORE LEONARD "The King of Noir is back. It doesn't get any darker or funnier than this.. The best novel of the year."
BOOKENDS "An original modern noir tale reminiscent of Jim Thompson or David Goodis."
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