Crooks: A Novel about Crime and Family, (Paperback)

<p><b>"Lou Berney's<i> Crooks</i> stands with some of the finest crime novels ever written." -- Don Winslow, #1 Internationally bestselling author</b></p><p><b>"A</b> <b>panoramic, cross-generational look at a unique family pursuing their individual visions of the American dream." -- Joseph Finder, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author</b></p><p><b>From award-winning author Lou Berney comes an electrifying new novel that follows a uniquely American crime family on an unforgettable journey across four decades.</b></p><p>You've never met a family like the Mercurios.</p><p>They say the American dream is going farther in life than your parents ever did. But how does that work if your parents are criminals?</p><p>For<b> Buddy</b>, a low-level mob wise guy, and <b>Lillian</b>, a charming pickpocket, the criminal underworld is the only life they've ever known. When they're forced to flee the glittering Babylon of Las Vegas, they end up opening a club in Oklahoma City--a town that quickly feels like a gold mine of fresh marks and easy new money. Along for the ride are their five children, all of them raised into the family business of crime--until the day comes when they each have a chance to make their own way in the world, even if they can never completely escape the family's long, dark shadow.</p><p><b>Jeremy, </b>the family's Golden Boy, will throw himself into the glittering excesses of a drug-fueled Hollywood in the roaring 1980s.</p><p><b>Tallulah, </b>the daredevil, will find herself in the deadly Wild West of post-communist Moscow.</p><p><b>Ray, </b>the dope, the dumb muscle since he was a kid, wants nothing more than to put down his gun, but following orders is all he's ever known.</p><p><b>Alice, </b>the genius who renounced her life of crime long ago, now sees her white-shoe law firm being blackmailed and must tap into old skills to save both the company and her own life.</p><p>And <b>Piggy, </b>a civilian always on the outside looking in on his crime family, desperate to be part of the gang.</p><p><i>Crooks</i> is an epic novel about a truly unforgettable family--each Mercurio has to grapple, in their own way, with the family's powerful criminal legacy.</p>

• Crooks: A Novel about Crime and Family, (Paperback)
• Author: Lou Berney
• ISBN: 9780063445567
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-09-01
• Page Count: 384