Nifty crime novel, telling the story of a pair of middle time crooks and brothers, who start to distrust each other, and how they extricate themselves from a sticky situation. It felt like a darker Elmore Leanord novel, really vivid characters having to do pretty nasty things to untangle themselves from a mess

I was a fan of Gregory Galloway's earlier book, "Just Thieves" and this is a worthy successor. Half-brothers Al and Peck run a money-laundering operation that falls apart when Al's hard drive disappears. It contains $7 million in crypto (and potentially incriminating evidence) so Al suspects Peck since he was the only other person with access. The narrative alternates between Peck's perspective and that of his surprisingly savvy 16-year-old daughter, Sara. I really enjoyed Sara's POV. Just a great character. There are plenty of twists, but the plot and pacing develop slowly. Think more literary novel than high-octane thrills. It's a slow burns that pays off.

This was a very entertaining book about two brothers Peck and Al who are the owners of two legal businesses, a bar and a hardware enterprise. These two also have a side hustle, not legal as they filtering money for a crime network, not in it for any glory but in it for the game and that is to make themselves some cash.

But as in all brotherly relationship’s things can turn sour and when Peck becomes concerned that Al is going to the dirty on him and report him to the DA. The Al’s hard drive with mountains of profit in cryptocurrency goes missing suspicions are high and Al is sure Peck has done the dirty on him, no one else knew about this so who else could have taken it. The relationship between the two begins to diminish and Peck keeps trying to tell Al was not him, but Al is dogmatic that this is the case. So, what happens next? I am not going to say anymore as I do not wish to give any spoilers, you will need to pick up a copy and find out for yourself.

Lots of fun along the way to keep you turning the pages, deceit, lies, betrayal and retaliation. I had not heard of this author before, but I will look up his other work as I enjoyed this so much. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of the book, all opinions expressed are my own.

This is lean, mean, and utterly sublime literary pulp fiction. Galloway sucks you in with a fascinating protagonist, takes a hard left about a quarter of the way in, and twists and turns his way to a thrilling climax. All the while keeping the story low to the ground, and the characters more and more surprising and compelling as it moves along. If you like noir, even a little, there is no reason not to get this deftly executed book.