Cold Shot to the Heart

"Just when you think that you can't be surprised anymore, a writer like Wallace Stroby ups the ante."—-Laura Lippman, author of I'd Know You AnywhereCrissa 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...