Leo asks Gnarly the bar tender if he has seen Donnie the ‘Spaz’. A place where bitter enemies can drink together in peace. A local bar that has a long history as a safe haven for criminals. With a lot on his mind Leo heads to the Undertow. She tells him it’s true what they say about Lee. He tells her nobody ever really kicks the junk. When Leo points out that he doesn’t work with junkies, she claims to be sober. She has a little daughter, a dead husband and needs the money. She pitches up at his home and throws a tantrum.

Seymour gets Greta to hound and guild Leo into doing the diamond job. He needs round the clock care.Īnd then there is Greta… the Wife of one of the men who died on Seymour’s last job. Trying to get someone who keeps forgetting off drugs seem impossible and cruel. Ivan is losing his battle with Alzheimer. Leo doesn’t blame Seymour, but he knows that he can’t work with someone who takes too many risks. A couple of years ago, Leo was on a job run by Seymour.

Leo really doesn’t want to do the diamond job Seymour got planned. How to avoid drawing the attention of the cops and other lawmen.

Uncle Ivan taught him how to stay out of system. Then Tommy got sent away for killing a man who had it coming. Growing up his father Tommy and Uncle Ivan ran the best pickpocket outfit the city had ever seen. Professional Thief, Heist Virtuoso and Coward If you love a good noire crime thriller, read on… Meet Leo. When all goes to pieces will Leo run? What is he really running from? Is he the coward that everyone thinks …or is he something very very different?Ĭriminal: Coward by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is the first in the Criminal series of noir crime fiction by an amazing and award winning creative team. Breaking every rule that has kept him safe. Leo accepts.Īnd then he finds himself in a whole lot of pain. And haunted by the widow of a man who died on his last robbery. In need of money to look after his Alzheimer suffering and drug addicted adoptive father Ivan. Under pressure from Seymour and his partner. And Seymour’s partner in this heist is a corrupt cop named Jeff. He takes more risks than Leo can stomach. Only problem is that Seymour is a gambler. Steal millions in blood diamonds from an evidence van on the way to court and get set for life. Seymour, an old colleague, comes to Leo with a big job. And he won’t work on any score that he doesn’t call the shots on.Īlso -when things go bad, Leo is very good at getting out. No working with crooked cops, drug addicts or other unreliable characters. Leo has rules, rules that keep him safe and out of prison. He’s also been very successful at staying under the radar of law enforcement. Leo is a skilled pickpocket, an excellent thief and celebrated heist-planner.

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