{"product_id":"the-haul-a-heist-novel","title":"The Haul \/\/ A Heist Novel (Pre-order, July 14 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA professional thief takes the chance of a lifetime when he agrees to mastermind the raid of a tech billionaire’s secret bunker in this action-packed heist thriller set in the heart of contemporary Los Angeles, from master of West Coast noir Gary Phillips. Perfect for fans of Sara Paretsky and Michael Connelly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter years of close calls, O’Conner—the former “Warlord of Willow Ridge”—spends most of his time in semi-retirement, running his legitimate businesses and playing pickleball. Except for his longtime girlfriend, no one in his middle-class neighborhood is the wiser to his double life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut O’Conner’s past refuses to stay dead. When he’s approached with a job he can’t resist, he agrees to mastermind his biggest heist yet: a multi-million-dollar raid of a tech billionaire’s secret bunker, hidden beneath his newly constructed basketball arena. As the job goes down, testing O’Conner’s mettle with new challenges, the promise of the score attracts ghosts from his past he thought were long buried.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterwoven with flashbacks to O’Conner’s coming-of-age as an orphan in Los Angeles, this pulse-pounding story is both an homage to Donald Westlake’s Parker series and a rich portrait of a morally gray thief at a crossroads.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGary Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e has published novels, comics, novellas, short stories and edited or co-edited several anthologies, including the Anthony-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. Almost thirty years after its publication, his debut, \u003ci\u003eViolent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, was named one of the essential crime novels of Los Angeles. He was also a writer and co-producer on \u003ci\u003eSnowfall\u003c\/i\u003e, a show streaming on Hulu about crack and the CIA in 1980s South Central, where he grew up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Soho Crime\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: July 14, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781641296649\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 8.5 X 5.8 X 1.0 inches | 1.1 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Popular Fiction, Mystery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Gary Phillips","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, July 14 2026) Hardcover","offer_id":49044027408619,"sku":"9781641296649","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781641296649.jpg?v=1783911133","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/the-haul-a-heist-novel","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}