Way Past Legal: A Novel

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A petty thief, Manny suddenly has more money than hes ever dreamed of thanks to his latest job. But a big score brings big dangerfrom his dubious partner and from the Russian mobsters they ripped off. Worse, if Mannys busted again, hell go back to prison for life, leaving behind his motherless five-year-old son, Nicky.

Desperate to beat the odds and his enemies, Manny grabs Nicky and heads to the wilds of Maine. There he finds a home and an unlikely surrogate family among the Mainers. But his enemies have caught his scent. Now Manny must discover if he has what it takes to change his street-tough ways. But can he really settle into a new life if it means endangering everyone hes come to love

Reviews

"Twists on top of twists" -- Kirkus Reviews

"Tension and suspense abound. . . . Way past terrific." -- Booklist (starred review)

"By breaking with formula conventions, Green creates genuine suspense and richly rewards the reader." -- Publishers Weekly

"Green writes . . . with a knowledge that is unnerving in its intimacy." -- Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

"WAY PAST LEGAL is possibly [Norman Green's] best production to date, a solid tale of crime and retribution." -- Mystery News

Author Bio

Norman Green reports this about himself: "I have always been careful, as Mark Twain advised, not to let schooling interfere with my education. Too careful, maybe. I have been, at various times, a truck driver, a construction worker, a project engineer, a factory rep, and a plant engineer, but never, until now, a writer." He lives in Emerson, New Jersey, with his wife, and is hard at work on his second novel.