![]() ![]() ![]() What follows is by far the most interesting part of the story, as Leo and Greta try to evade the people who set them up.Ĭoward borrows from a number of other works in the crime genre, but not in a lazy or uncreative way. The job goes horribly wrong, of course, and Leo gets away as usual (along with Greta) – but this time, for a change, he actually escapes with the score in his own hands. The web these characters weave is intricate, and it provides for a very satisfying number of double- and triple-crosses. The cop is actually working for a drug lord who wants one of his thugs, a man named Delron, released from police custody. Leo is initially hesitant at the idea of working with a cop, but ultimately agrees when he learns that Greta, another old friend, will be in on the heist as well.Īs it turns out, Leo’s misgivings are justified. ![]() But when he’s approached by a corrupt cop and another survivor of the “Salt Bay job” for his help in knocking over a police van, everything changes. The first volume of Brubaker and Phillips’ Criminal picks up on Leo’s story five years after the “Salt Bay job,” a failure so terrible that Leo has left the big-time and now operates as a simple pickpocket. Leo is an expert at planning heists, but he’s also an expert at escaping disaster when his plans go horribly wrong. At least, that’s what everyone thinks, and not without good reason. ![]()
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