the WHEELMAN
(St. Martin’s Minotaur, October 2005)
IT’S THE QUIET ONES YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT.
Meet Lennon, a mute Irish getaway driver who has fallen in with the wrong heist team on the wrong day at the wrong bank. Betrayed, his money stolen and his battered carcass left for dead, Lennon is on a one-way mission to find out who is responsible—and to get back his loot. But the robbery has sent a violent ripple-effect through the streets of Philadelphia. And now a dirty cop, the Russian and Italian mobs, the Mayor’s hired gun and a keyboard player in a college rock band maneuver for position as this adrenaline-fueled novel twists and turns its way towards its explosive conclusion.
One thing’s for sure: this cast of characters wakes up in a much different world by novel’s end—if they wake up at all.
PRAISE FOR THE WHEELMAN
“A bittersweet slice of noir… Swierczynski’s novel, like those of [Elmore] Leonard, offers an undertow of humor beneath the churning sea of man’s inhumanity. His knowledge of both the City of Brotherly Love and the mind-set of bank robbers helps make The Wheelman the delight it is.” —Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post
“Adrenaline-charged… fast-moving and funny, The Wheelman is Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride in an R-rated amusement park.” Booklist
“A great heist story in the rich tradition of Richard Stark’s Parker novels and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing… keeps readers holding their breath to see what’s going to happen next. It is clearly the work of a maturing writer who is possessed of a keen style and abundant talent.” –Philadelphia Inquirer
“The Wheelman is as lean and intrepid as its title character, an assured and accomplished novel with a devilish sense of humor. In this, just his second novel, Duane Swierczynski puts the rest of the crime-writing world on notice. So learn to spell the last name. He’s going to be around for a while.” —Laura Lippman, Edgar Award-winning author of Every Secret Thing
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