Scott Phillips

The most critically acclaimed noir crime debut of 2000 is now a lead paperback for PicadorIt is Christmas Eve in Wichita, Kansas and snowing steadily. The streets are deserted, traffic is light and most people have returned home for the start of the Festivities. But family get-togethers are the last thing on Charlie Arglist's mind, and home is the last place he needs to be. For Charlie has to get out of town. And fast. But first there are just a few things he has to do...