The Victor Carl Series - Book 8
Bagmen
“If they gave a Pulitzer Prize for snappy dialogue, William Lashner would be a betting favorite every time…Lashner has a talent for creating memorable characters—or maybe caricatures would be a better word. Either way, they’re a lot of fun. He introduces Victor to a group of bagmen who in another era would have done Damon Runyan proud…So sad to read about in the paper, so much fun to read about in Bagmen.”
Philadelphia Inquirer
Victor Carl is back, and back in trouble. At a low point in his lowly career, Victor finds himself skulking through the streets of Philadelphia carrying a bag full of money for an ambitious politician. It is a rotten job on the wrong side of anyone’s line, but with bag in hand Victor is suddenly hobnobbing with the city’s elite, filling his bank account, and having sex with the politician’s gorgeous and deranged sister. But just when Victor begins to think he’s got a future in the political game, one of his payoffs ends up in the pocket of a dead woman, and Victor goes from bagman to fall guy. Now Victor’s only way out might lie with a brotherhood of shady characters with sacks full of cash, bad fedoras, and their own twisted set of rules. Will Victor’s new friends help him find a killer or bury him deep?
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