Grief-stricken
by the loss of their young son, Jack Wade and his wife Binny look
for solace where they can. Other partners, work, liquor...and
the casinos of beautiful Lake Tahoe....
"And he was certain, because he could feel it in the pit
of his stomach, that they were going to make it. Not a million
bucks. Leave that to the fiction writers. But a cool one hundred
G’s, maybe. That was the kind of money it took the average
guy ten to twenty years of hard labor to earn. They could get
it in hours."
It was the perfect con. An inside job, carefully planned. Pick
a target and roll the dice.
What could go wrong?
Jack and Binny are about to find out.
SQUEEZE PLAY is a classic noir thriller by one of the hidden masters
of the genre.
from
the introduction by Jason Starr:
"...what
sets Squeeze Play apart from many pulp novels of its era is its
astounding depth ... McKimmey accomplishes what few writers can
– he thrills us and writes well ... Squeeze Play is not
only a great crime novel, it's a great novel, period."
"I've
been reading—and rereading—Jim McKimmey for
forty years and he has never once disappointed me. It's
a pleasure to see his unique brand of noir crime fiction
reissued for the enjoyment of modern readers. SQUEEZE PLAY
is swift-paced, neatly plotted, crackling with tension,
and peopled with well-drawn, wholly believable characters.
Three of those elements make a good suspense novel; all
make a four-star treat."BILL
PRONZINI
