The Haul

Plt;bPgt;Professional thief Stacks OP#8217;Conner has the chance of a lifetimeP#8212;his biggest score yet, in the heart of Los AngelesP#8212;in this fast-paced contemporary novel about a morally gray character at a crossroads, from crime legend Gary Phillips.Plt;/bPgt;

Plt;bPgt;A professional thief takes the chance of a lifetime when he agrees to mastermind the raid of a tech billionaireP#8217;s secret bunker in this action-packed heist thriller set in the heart of contemporary Los Angeles, from master of West Coast noir Gary Phillips. Perfect for fans of Sara Paretsky and Michael Connelly.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;After years of close calls, OP#8217;ConnerP#8212;the former P#8220;Warlord of Willow RidgeP#8221;P#8212;spends most of his time in semi-retirement, running his legitimate businesses and playing pickleball. Except for his longtime girlfriend, no one in his middle-class neighborhood is the wiser to his double life.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;But OP#8217;ConnerP#8217;s past refuses to stay dead. When heP#8217;s approached with a job he canP#8217;t resist, he agrees to mastermind his biggest heist yet: a multi-million-dollar raid of a tech billionaireP#8217;s secret bunker, hidden beneath his newly constructed basketball arena. As the job goes down, testing OP#8217;ConnerP#8217;s mettle with new challenges, the promise of the score attracts ghosts from his past he thought were long buried.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Interwoven with flashbacks to OP#8217;ConnerP#8217;s coming-of-age as an orphan in Los Angeles, this pulse-pounding story is both an homage to Donald WestlakeP#8217;s Parker series and a rich portrait of a morally gray thief at a crossroads.