guiltyfeat's review
3.0
The weakest of the series so far, for me. Crissa takes on an odd heist with people she shouldn't really trust and it all goes pear-shaped. Given how cautious she usually is and the pains at which Stroby details and describes her caution, I thought she made several glaring errors here which all came back to bite her. I'm sure there was at least one instance in the Parker series, where Parker walks away from a setup because he doesn't like the way it smells. Crissa makes a series of bad calls and people get killed. Still the action scenes are always written with panache and i would rather read a weaker Crissa Stone book than a whole bunch of other stuff.
clambook's review
4.0
Stroby has settled into a great groove with his fourth Crissa Stone noirfest, and she remains a great protagonist - tough, flawed, loyal to the code of honor among thieves. A relevant comparison could be to the two Ghostman thrillers by Roger Hobbs, in which case Stroby's series wins going away.
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