Love and Theft

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A New York Times Editor's Choice

"A dark jewel, polished and precision-cut, beloved faces reflected in each glossy facet: Don Winslow, Elmore Leonard, Nelson DeMille. Love and Theft pays tribute to classic capers — and rivals the best of them for verve and ingenuity. A breathless adventure both starry-eyed and cool-blooded, both charming and diabolical. More, please."
--A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

“Tight, beautifully written, and crackling with full-throttle tension, Love and Theft knocked me out. An electrifying novel. Stan Parish has the stuff. For real.”
-- Robert Crais, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"The story opens on a kaleidoscopic set piece worthy of a James Bond movie as directed by Robert Altman. . . Love and Theft is expertly and (a rarer accomplishment) artfully written. . . A precision-cut sentence can quicken the reader's pulse as reliably as a surprise twist or a character's excruciating dilemma. When a novel delivers all of the above -- as Love and Theft ultimately does, its racecar engine revving to a smooth and satisfying purr -- it can feel to the reader like a kind of miracle. In a word: thrilling." 
--The New York Times Book Review 

"Hurrah! Love and Theft is pure pleasure from the first page to the last."
--The Sunday Times (UK)

"Love and Theft . . . manages the alchemy of racing narrative momentum with plenty of style, street smarts, and truly fine prose."
--Interview

"Well now! I just read the next great American crime novelist. Love and Theft is a smart, electric, totally original tale that I absolutely could not put down. To put it simply, this is a fast, fantastic, entirely satisfying read. Fans of Elmore Leonard rejoice. Stan Parish has arrived!" 
--Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author of the Simon Riske novels
 
“This terrific page-turner has it all: wonderful characters, frenetic pace, blood-curdling tension, cinematic action, and hugely satisfying twists. Highly recommended.”
--Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author of The Expats

"An absolute knockout. Love and Theft is the tightly plotted, brilliantly entertaining, stay-up-all-night thriller I've been waiting for. Stan Parish delivers on every level."
--Cristina Alger, New York Times bestselling author of The Banker's Wife and Girls Like Us 

"Love and Theft is the caper thriller we’ve all been waiting for—lean, sophisticated, ice-cold, endlessly surprising. What took it so long to get here?"
--Lincoln Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“A suave thriller... Parish writes delicious dialogue, by turns droll, sexy and menacing, in this whip-smart, wild ride with no loose ends."
--NJ Monthly

"Parish has crafted one of the strongest contributions in recent memory to a genre much-beloved here at CrimeReads: the heist novel... Parish manages to weave together genuinely compelling arcs of crime and complicated human entanglements."
--CrimeReads

"...like Don Winslow, Parish is both a hard-bitten storyteller and a very good writer. A drug-altered scene "liquefies and darkens like sugar over heat." And the plot heats up just right. A hard-boiled thriller that's equally good at love and theft."
--Kirkus

"Well-developed characters, relentless pacing, palpable levels of tension throughout, and a notable closing twist make this a winner. Parish is a thriller writer to watch."
--Publishers Weekly

"This is one of the best novels of the year thus far, worthy of your time, money and undivided attention . . . Love and Theft will make you want to be a thief when you grow up. It’s that good."
--Book Reporter

"Old-fashioned escapism in the form of a classic crime caper. A high-octane Las Vegas jewel heist, a drug cartel closing in, hard-partying protagonists drinking away their pasts, all articulated in pacey staccato dialogue against a backdrop of pool parties, Mexican beach retreats and Mediterranean marinas. For those who like their beach reads hard-boiled and fast-paced."
--Robb Report

"Love and Theft is the kind of thriller I was afraid people had stopped writing: a novel that's as taut as it is elegant, as ruthless as it is big-hearted. Parish has brought back the ice-cold crime capers of decades past with panache. Try to put it down after ten pages—I dare you."
--John Fram, author of The Bright Lands