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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Cold Shot to the Heart by Wallace Stroby The Mystery Gazette. Her beloved “instructor” is up for parole, but that costs under the table money to grease the skids in order to insure a positive outcome. Crissa Stone does not have that sum of cash, but wants her mentor free. Thus, loyal Crissa signs onto a robbery worth millions in Fort Lauderdale with her cronies though she is concerned about the skill level of her partners in crime. Nothing goes right with the heist of a high stakes poker game with the worst element being the shooting of a New Jersey mob connected Lou Letteri. Hit man Eddie “the Saint” Santiago has just been let out of jail. Since he has no cash, he needs to find some easy money fast. He knows of the shooting from the mob who hires him to kill the culprits ending with the person who has the money Crissa. This tense crime thriller pits a cold hearted professional killer stalking a kind hearted thief, one partner at a time. The story line is linear with each step of the way that The Saint takes being one closer to the confrontation. That High Noon climatic altercation that readers anticipate lives up to the expectations that the preliminary lethal encounters provided. Cold Shot to the Heart is a terrific taut tale. ISBN 13: 9780312552725. Career-criminal Crissa Stone never works too close to home, or with the same crew, or rushes a job. These rules have kept her from doing any time. They're the rules her mentor and lover taught her, rules he didn't follow as closely as he should've. Now he's up for parole, and Crissa needs to come up with the money to help grease the wheels. Word is that there's an illegal card game set for less than a week from now. The take? Plenty. Desperate, Crissa slaps a plan together, but when one of her crew starts shooting, she catches the attention of Eddie the Saint. A hit man, Eddie is no less of a pro than Crissa, and he could use the work. One of the most talented writers working in crime fiction today, Wallace Stroby's Cold Shot to the Heart is a tight, propulsive story that will hold readers captive until well after all the crooks have fled the scene. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. WALLACE STROBY is an award-winning journalist and a former editor at The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey. Cold Shot to the Heart is his fourth novel, following the acclaimed Gone 'til November and the Barry Award finalist The Barbed-Wire Kiss . He lives in New Jersey. Cold Shot to the Heart. Crissa 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. They're the rules her mentor and lover taught her, rules he didn't follow as closely as he should've. Now he's up for parole, and Crissa needs to come up with some real money real fast to help grease the wheels. Word is that there's 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. It's robbery, not murder. But when one of her crew loses his cool and they have to abandon the plan, she catches the attention of Eddie the Saint. A hit man recently released from prison, Eddie is no less of a pro than Crissa, and he could use the work, not to mention all that money. One of the most talented writers working in crime fiction today, Wallace Stroby has written a tight, propulsive story in Cold Shot to the Heart that will hold readers captive until well after all the crooks have fled the scene. CONNECT WITH THE AUTHOR. OFFICIAL SITES. Related Links. SIGN UP FOR AUTHOR UPDATES. MACMILLAN NEWSLETTER. Sign up to receive information about new books, author events, and special offers. Book Excerpt Reviews About the Author Community From the Publisher. EXCERPT. Three minutes after she walked in the front door, Crissa had the manager and two clerks facedown on the floor, their hands bound behind them with plastic cuffs. She took away their guns—snub-noses in belt clip holsters—and. Reviews. Praise for Cold Shot to the Heart. “Another fast, taut winner from Stroby. As for Crissa, she may be crime fiction's best bad girl ever.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “This is a raw, hard-edged, nourish novel, dark and violent. It's good, too… Stroby has been called a nascent Crumley or Pelecanos. He shares their sense that cynicism is the last post left to a romantic.” — Booklist. “Stroby pits a resourceful crook against a ruthless killer in this well-crafted crime novel… The action builds to the inevitable and exciting showdown.” — Publishers Weekly. “Told in a taut style that doesn't waste a single word, Stroby's latest features an interesting anti-heroine. [A] straightforward story of two criminals on a collision course.” — RT Book Reviews. “This hardboiled novel, filled with believable characters, puts author Wallace Stroby in the company of noir masters like Dashiell Hammett and Elmore Leonard.” — The Huffington Post on Gone 'til November. “In Gone 'til November , Wallace Stroby's mastery of character and dialogue is mated to a hellacious narrative engine. His heroine, Sara Cross, is a wonderful creation.” —George Pelecanos on Gone 'til November. “Stroby continues to show a real flair for blending noir into a tightly plotted fireball of suspense. Stroby infuses his action-packed story with unpredictable twists. The Heartbreak Lounge continues the high standards Stroby set in his debut.” — South Florida Sun-Sentinel on The Heartbreak Lounge. “A cat-and-mouse story that inspires j… More… “Another fast, taut winner from Stroby. As for Crissa, she may be crime fiction's best bad girl ever.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “This is a raw, hard-edged, nourish novel, dark and violent. It's good, too… Stroby has been called a nascent Crumley or Pelecanos. He shares their sense that cynicism is the last post left to a romantic.” — Booklist. “Stroby pits a resourceful crook against a ruthless killer in this well-crafted crime novel… The action builds to the inevitable and exciting showdown.” — Publishers Weekly. “Told in a taut style that doesn't waste a single word, Stroby's latest features an interesting anti-heroine. [A] straightforward story of two criminals on a collision course.” — RT Book Reviews. “This hardboiled novel, filled with believable characters, puts author Wallace Stroby in the company of noir masters like Dashiell Hammett and Elmore Leonard.” — The Huffington Post on Gone 'til November. “In Gone 'til November , Wallace Stroby's mastery of character and dialogue is mated to a hellacious narrative engine. His heroine, Sara Cross, is a wonderful creation.” —George Pelecanos on Gone 'til November. “Stroby continues to show a real flair for blending noir into a tightly plotted fireball of suspense. Stroby infuses his action-packed story with unpredictable twists. The Heartbreak Lounge continues the high standards Stroby set in his debut.” — South Florida Sun-Sentinel on The Heartbreak Lounge. “A cat-and-mouse story that inspires just the tiniest bit of sympathy for the predator . Readers will have a hard time putting down this three-ring circus of a book.” — The Star-Ledger (Newark) on The Heartbreak Lounge. “A scorching first novel that mixes the melancholic heart of tough-guy fiction with a fierce and violent gangster plot.” — The Washington Post Book World on The Barbed-Wire Kiss. “Stroby does wonders with his blue-collar characters.” — The New York Times Book Review on The Barbed-Wire Kiss. Reviews from Goodreads. About the author. Wallace Stroby. WALLACE STROBY is an award-winning journalist and a former editor at The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey. Cold Shot to the Heart is his fourth novel, following the acclaimed Gone 'til November and the Barry Award finalist The Barbed-Wire Kiss . He lives in New Jersey. 'Cold Shot to the Heart': A book review. In 1962, the great Donald E. Westlake launched a series of crime novels centered on a professional thief named Parker. Westlake, employing the pseudonym Richard Stark, produced 28 Parker novels over five decades, all hardboiled tales in which little is known about the antihero protagonist save that he wants whatever money is owed him and woe to anyone who stands in the way of that relentless pursuit. (Think Lee Marvin in the 1967 film “Point Blank,” based on Parker’s debut, “The Hunter.”) The series ended in 2008 when Westlake died at age 75. Now, Wallace Stroby, an admirer of the Parker books, has created a character who would have been welcome in Parker’s gang no matter how dangerous the caper — and Stroby has added several twists of his own. In “Cold Shot To The Heart,” Stroby introduces Crissa Stone, a no-nonsense thief who, like Parker, knows what she wants and how to get it. Witness the opening sentence: “Three minutes after she walked in the front door, Crissa had the manager and two clerks facedown on the floor, their hands bound behind them with plastic cuffs.” Unlike Parker, Crissa has a past — a past that helps explain who she is and why she does what she does for a living.