The Ice Harvest: A Novel

BITERLY FUNY . . . [A] SLEK FIRST NOVEL . . . NOIR CRIME . . . HAS FOUND A STERLING NEW CHAMPION IN PHILIPS.-The New York Times Book Review A FUTURE HARD-BOILED CLASIC-TIGHT, COLD, AND CACKLING WITH IRONY. On Christmas Eve [in Wichita], a mob lawyer is skipping town with the cash. But in this boozy, neo-noir world-James M. Cain meets George V. Higgins-the best-laid plans of bagmen turn brutal.-The Dallas Morning News OMINOUS, ACTION-PACKED. . . This is a confident, wry debut . . . [that] may remind readers of Fargo or Pulp Fiction. -Detroit Free Press I SIMPLY CAN'T WAIT TO SE WHAT SCOT PHILIPS WIL DO NEXT. [This] funny, tough first novel felt like it was written by an old pro, an Elmore Leonard we've never heard about who's discovered a place where the criminals are really dumb, the low-lifes are oh-so-fun to watch and, if somebody just happens to get what he deserves, there's no one to blame.-RICHARD RUSO Author of Straight Man A DARKLY COMIC, SOMETIMES BRUTAL PIECE OF NOIR FICTION.-The Denver Post Finalist for the Hammett Prize.…