A hardboiled valentine to the Golden State, That Left Turn at Albuquerque marks the return of noir master Scott Phillips.
Douglas Rigby, attorney-at-law, is bankrupt. He&;s just sunk his last $200,000&;a clandestine &;loan&; from his last remaining client, former bigshot TV exec Glenn Haskill&;into a cocaine deal gone wrong. The lesson? Never trust anyone else with the dirty work. Desperate to get back on top, Rigby formulates an art forgery scheme involving one of Glenn&;s priceless paintings, a victimless crime. But for Rigby to pull this one off, he&;ll need to negotiate a whole cast of players with their own agendas, including his wife, his girlfriend, an embittered art forger, Glenn&;s resentful nurse, and the man&;s money-hungry nephew. One misstep, and it all falls apart&;will he be able to save his skin?
Written with hard-knock sensibility and wicked humor, Scott Phillips&;s newest novel will cement him as one of the great crime writers of the 21st century.
