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Original Title: | The Wheelman |
ISBN: | 0312343787 (ISBN13: 9780312343781) |
Edition Language: | English |
Duane Swierczynski
Trade Paperback | Pages: 223 pages Rating: 3.86 | 2534 Users | 204 Reviews
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Meet Lennon, a mute Irish getaway driver who has fallen in with the wrong heist team on the wrong day at the wrong bank. Betrayed, his money stolen and his battered carcass left for dead, Lennon is on a one-way mission to find out who is responsible--and to get back his loot. But the robbery has sent a violent ripple effect through the streets of Philadelphia. And now a dirty cop, the Russian and Italian mobs, the mayor's hired gun, and a keyboard player in a college rock band maneuver for position as this adrenaline-fueled novel twists and turns its way toward its explosive conclusion.One thing's for sure: This cast of characters wakes up in a much different world by novel's end--if they wake up at all, in Duane Swierczynski's The Wheelman.

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Title | : | The Wheelman |
Author | : | Duane Swierczynski |
Book Format | : | Trade Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 223 pages |
Published | : | November 2006 by St. Martins Press-3PL (first published 2005) |
Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Thriller. Noir. Mystery Thriller |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 2534 Users | 204 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books The Wheelman
No happy endings here... And holy cow, what a body count!Pat Lennon is a getaway driver called on to drive for a bank heist in Philadelphia. He's pretty successful in his job, known to be one of the best, but this time karma is working against him and anything that could go wrong does. He's got the Russian mob after him and Italian mob wants a piece of the action too. He's been double-crossed by one of his guys but has no idea which one and his sister Katie is involved too, but how? Pat is justThis fast-paced debut novel opens outside of a bank in Philadelphia where Lennon, an apparently mute Irishman, is waiting patiently for the rest of his team. Lennon is not a bank robber exactly, but for a share of the take, he drives bank robbers to and from the job. This particular job has been carefully planned and Lennon knows his exit route down to the last inch. But at the last possible second, the heist goes sour and the proverbial excrement hits the fan. Lennon finds himself betrayed,
Patrick Selway Lennon is a wheelman. He doesn't rob banks he drives the getaway car. And he's about to help pull a bank job in Philadelphia that will be the worst mistake of his career.Lennon's perfect plan for stashing the money and laying low until the heat's off goes awry when someone tries to horn in on the action. This sets a string of events in motion that pit the Russian Mob against the local Mafia, inflames the greed of a crooked ex-cop and brings a woman named Katie, waiting for Lennon

Lennon, an Irish immigrant, is a get-away driver, who with two associates robs a bank in Philadelphias Center City. All goes well, until they are rammed by unknown assailants on their way to the airport to make their escape. Lennon regains consciousness in a garbage bag & is stuffed into a pipe at a construction site, apparently along with his cohorts. Lennon manages to not only survive, but escape. But where is their haul from the robbery? Left inside a car in a long-stay car-park, the
Mute getaway driver Patrick Lennon thought it was a routine bank job until the black van rammed them and everything went to hell. Amidst a maze of murder and double crosses, can Lennon recover the $650,000?Wow. I'd been aware of this book for a couple years before I finally picked it up and now I'm kicking myself for waiting so long.The Wheelman has more twists and double crosses packed within its slim 250-ish pages than any four other crime books on the racks. More twists than a snake trapped
Mute getaway driver Patrick Lennon thought it was a routine bank job until the black van rammed them and everything went to hell. Amidst a maze of murder and double crosses, can Lennon recover the $650,000?Wow. I'd been aware of this book for a couple years before I finally picked it up and now I'm kicking myself for waiting so long.The Wheelman has more twists and double crosses packed within its slim 250-ish pages than any four other crime books on the racks. More twists than a snake trapped
Lennon is an accomplished wheelman. Escaping by the skin of his teeth from a successful bank job, Lennon wants to avoid causing injury to any bystanders, but while leaving the bank in a hurry, a woman pushing a stroller walks in his path. Braking and wrestling with the wheel was out of the question. The risk of fishtailing was too great, and Lennon worried that he would broadside both the lady and the stroller. Steering clear out of the way was impossible. Immediately to the right of the woman
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