Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author and screenwriter of over one dozen novels including The Ancestor, Slow Down, The Mentor, Stalker Stalked, Orange City, the five-book Desire Card series, and the young adult trilogy Runaway Train, Grenade Bouquets, and Vanish Me, currently with actress Raegan Revord from TV's Young Sheldon attached to develop.
His new novel is The Great Gimmelmans.
At Electric Lit Goldberg tagged seven favorite heist tales, including:
The Wheelman by Duane SwierczynskiRead about another entry on the list.
A non-stop thrill ride that never lets up. The Wheelman follows Lennon, a mute Irish getaway driver who’s fallen in with a heist team that chooses the wrong bank to rob. Add in dirty cops and the Russian and Italian mobs through the streets of Philadelphia, and this classic noir is reminiscent of Dashiell Hammett. Lennon is like John Wick; knock him down and he gets right back up. The book is over-the-top with chapters that punch you in the throat, with sections opening with quotes from real-life crooks. A gem of a crime novel.
The Wheelman is among Nick Kolakowski’s greatest getaway drivers in contemporary crime fiction.
The Page 69 Test: The Wheelman.
--Marshal Zeringue
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