Advance praise for ROUGH TRADE "Todd Robinson is the most important name in contemporary American noir." --Roger Hobbs, New York Times bestselling author of GHOSTMAN and winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger "Rough-and-tumble...a gritty tale leavened by some raucous humor." --Publishers Weekly "Robinson tells a helluva story." --Booklist "Todd Robinson is the Jonathan Franzen of crime fiction. Nobody nails such a deft balance between tough-guy narrative, gut-busting laughs, and a genuine emotional core. ROUGH TRADE tackles some complicated subject matter, and in less sure hands it could have been preachy, precious, or downright disastrous. Robinson handles it with heart, humor, honesty--and he more than sticks the landing. He's one of the most exciting and engaging voices in any category." --Rob Hart, author of NEW YORKED "Todd Robinson's ROUGH TRADE isn't always pretty, and it isn't always nice. But it is a brave, unflinching portrait of working-class prejudices wrapped up in a doozy of a crime story and delivered by one of the most assured, distinctive voices in the genre today. Robinson tackles a subject lesser writers would run from with guts, heart, and grace." --Chris Holm, author of THE KILLING KIND "Todd Robinson's fiction is fast-paced, funny and wildly entertaining, but what sets him apart is his incredible empathy for his characters and the world around them. Boo and Junior are the kind of guys who'd scare you out of your wits if you met them on the street, but on the page they're the endearing odd couple you can't help but cheer for." --Owen Laukkanen, bestselling author of THE PROFESSIONALS
