Nobody Move - (Angel City) by Philip Elliott (Paperback)

About the Book

An award-winning lightning-speed crime thriller and love letter to Los Angeles and neo-noir cinema, equal parts Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino.

Book Synopsis

Winner: Best First Novel, CWC Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing

"Screams cult classic" --Booklist

Eddie Vegas made a terrible mistake. Now he has to pay the price.

After a botched debt collection turned double murder, Eddie splits, desperate to avoid his employer, notorious L.A. crime boss Saul Benedict, and his men (and Eddie's ex-partners), Floyd and Sawyer, as well as the police. Soon he becomes entangled with the clever and beautiful Dakota, a Native American woman fresh in the City of Angels to find her missing friend--someone Eddie might know something about. Meanwhile in Texas, ex-assassin Rufus, seeking vengeance for his murdered brother, takes up his beloved daggers one final time and begins the long drive to L.A. When the bodies begin to mount, Detective Alison Lockley's hunt for the killer becomes increasingly urgent.

As paths cross, confusion ensues, and no one's entirely sure who's after who. But one thing is clear: They're not all getting out of this alive.

Review Quotes

"Elliott has a real feel for comedic noir in the Elmore Leonard vein, and his debut novel screams cult classic" --Booklist

"A multifaceted series opener by a promising new voice in hard-boiled crime fiction. Fans of Elmore Leonard and Jim Thompson will find much to savor." --Kirkus Reviews

"A new spin on the crime thriller genre." --San Francisco Book Review

"Sharp, stylish and well-written. It makes reading fun again." --US Review of Books

"Impossible to put down." --Kevin Wilson, NYT bestselling author of Nothing to See Here

"Fast-paced and chock full of interesting characters and chillingly delicious evil." --IndieReader

"First class neo-noir." --Murder, Mayhem & More

"Not a single dull moment." --Online Book Club

"If you love LA crime novels that don't hold back, this one's for you." --Wyborn Senna, author of Porter's Fortune

"Like Tarantino on the page . . . rushes at you from page one." --Dietrich Kalteis, author of Cradle of the Deep

"Elliott has a gift for upholding momentum that never slows." --The Prairies Book Review

About the Author

Philip Elliott is an award-winning author, freelance editor, and founder and editor-in-chief of award-winning literary journal and small press publisher Into the Void. Philip was a National Juror of the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and a winner of the 2018 Big Pond Rumours Chapbook Prize. His writing has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. A music and film obsessive, Philip lives in Toronto with his wife and their spoiled pug.