A review of what is possibly the most autobiographical of the late great Les Edgerton’s crime novels. “The b***h” is a term cons use for the designation “habitual criminal,” a designation likely to result in a life sentence—which is what Jake Bishop, this novel’s protagonist, is faced with when he’s forced to help an old friend.

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