King Maybe
  • Published: 15 April 2017
  • ISBN: 9781616958022
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $34.00

King Maybe

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Hollywood burgler Junior Bender finds himself caught in a revenge plot epic enough for the silver screen.

Los Angeles’s most talented burglar, Junior Bender, is in the middle of stealing one of the world’s rarest stamps from a professional killer when his luck suddenly turns sour. It takes an unexpected assist to get him out alive, but his escape sets off a chain reaction of blackmail, strong-arming, and escalating crime. By the time Junior is forced to commit his third burglary of the week—in the impregnable fortress that’s home to the ruthless studio mogul called King Maybe—he’s beginning to wish he’d just let the killer take a crack at him.
  • Published: 15 April 2017
  • ISBN: 9781616958022
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $34.00
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Praise for King Maybe

Praise for King Maybe:

"The tricky plot is plenty funny and packed with colorful characters." --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

"There was a time when I thought that Lawrence Block's character Bernie Rhodenbarr was the definitive fictional housebreaker, but that title has been surrendered by unanimous decision (mine) to Timothy Hallinan's cat burglar extraordinaire, Junior Bender." --Bruce Tierney, BookPage

"Hallinan is one of our best, and King Maybe demonstrates why." --Bookreporter.com

"[Hallinan] is a gifted writer with a knack for blending vivid settings, exciting plots, dynamic characters and clever humor to create captivatingly complex stories. From a lively description of a low-rent hotel room to the insightful development of Junior and Ronnie's relationship, King Maybe is distinctive and refreshingly original. It would probably be fitting to crown Hallinan the caper king." --Shelf Awareness, Starred Review