by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog Article
The Top Five Heist Novels of All Time Gary Phillips’ Picks Asphalt Jungle by W.R. Burnett Not remembered as well as he should be these days, William Riley Burnett was an agile crime fiction writer from Little Caesar to High Sierra to one of my favorites by...
by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips | Feb 28, 2018 | Fiction
The Heist by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips (Part 4) Gonzales studied the screen of his homemade electronic device. The safe’s lock required a combination punched in cor- rectly on its keypad. But he wasn’t trying to hack the sequence. What he wanted was to...
by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips | Feb 28, 2018 | Fiction
The Heist by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips (Part 3) The three in the plane were dressed in casual but stylish attire, a trio out looking at Texas real estate their clothes said. O’Conner even wore loafers. Once on the ground, after the plane was checked in, they...
by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips | Feb 28, 2018 | Fiction
The Heist by Gary Phillips and Richard Brewer O’Conner crossed his arms before his face as the blast from the shotgun knocked him down. *** Less than two weeks before, he’d gotten a cup of coffee from the ink-laden barista with the pierced lip and boxer’s biceps....
by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips | Feb 2, 2018 | Fiction
The Heist by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips (Part 2) “Zach Culhane.” “He solid?” The Financier’s chair was at an angle to the table and he crossed one leg over the other. “If by that do you mean is he a cocaine fiend or prone to maudlin drinking and spilling his...