The Get: A Crime Novel

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Lenny works for a ruthless gangster in Toronto, and his days are spent terrorizing the locals into paying protection on their shops. But Lenny has debts of his own, and he would rather get than be gotten, and so he comes up with a surefire way to end his marital and money problems.

A surefire plan that will end his marital and money problems in one swoop what could go wrong

Lenny Ovitz has plenty of secrets, and his wife, Paulina, has become a liability. His life would be so much better without her in it.

Its the mid-60s in Toronto, and Lenny works for a ruthless gangster whose travel agency is a front for a collections racket in the Kensington Market area. Lennys days are spent with his partner, Gabe, terrorizing the locals into paying protection on their shops and their lives. On the side, Lenny and Gabe co-own a tenement block that they bought with dirty money borrowed from shady individuals. Overextended, Lenny plans to pay them back with more borrowed money from other loans and by re-mortgaging his house, without the knowledge of his wife.

Tired of his lies and scheming, Paulina demands a divorce. Lenny is certain shes going to take him for everything, leaving him unable to pay the debt on the tenement block. And thats likely to get him pitched off one of his own rooftops. Lenny would rather get than be gotten, so he comes up with a surefire way to end both his marital and money problems Paulinas going to have to get whacked.

'If you like your crime hard and fast, Kalteis is for you.' Globe and Mail

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"The Get --unpretentious, seamlessly plotted, dripping with atmosphere --The Get is sure fire entertainment for fans of high-octane crime fiction from an author who knows how to get the job done." -- The Miramichi Reader
"Beautifully written in jagged, bruising rhythms, Dietrich Kalteis's The Get crackles with poetic dialogue, desperate cold-blooded thugs, and an airtight plot that twists into a perfect knot. Inevitable and perfect. Highest rating." -- James W. Ziskin, award-winning author of Bombay Monsoon and the Ellie Stone mysteries
"Clipped and black, The Get rips along with hard-boiled precision. This is Canadian noir." -- Tara Moss, International bestselling author of The War Widow and The Ghosts of Paris
"Joyfully reminiscent of Elmore Leonard's writing, The Get is not only whip-smart funny with crackling dialogue and memorable characters, but it's also a propulsive read full of twists and turns I never saw coming. I absolutely loved it!" -- Daniel Kalla, international bestselling author of The Darkness in the Light and Pandemic

Author Bio

Dietrich Kalteis is the winner of the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Crime Novel for Under an Outlaw Moon. He is a critically acclaimed author of ten novels. Dietrich's debut was hailed as one of Vancouver's best crime novels, his second was translated and became a bestseller in Germany, and two others have won Independent Publisher Awards. He enjoys life with his family on Canada's West Coast.