Low Rider
As an ex-used-car salesman who's been caught up in endless seams, Harold Dodge seems like the right kind of man to help his friend Vikki collect on a life insurance policy for her murdered husband.
Piece of cake. Except when Vikki falls under the control of Dash Shaffner, a slippery insurance agent, their quest for the money is detoured into the Port of Los Angeles and into a subculture of gang bangers, chop shop operators and car thieves. And on top of that, Harold's past threatens to catch up with him in the form of two cops who just don't like his style.
After a series of clashes in Southern California, the characters pursue one another to a seedy resort town in Baja Mexico for the explosive resolution …
'With the street-smart cred of vintage Elmore Leonard' (Maxim), Reed returns with a second captivating and wickedly observed caper.
Praise for BIRD DOG
'A wonderfully composed plot ... fleet, fierce and funny; a formidable set of wheels' LITERARY REVIEW
'Overflowing with diamond-sharp dialogue, and meaty, believable characters, Reed's debut novel zips along at breakneck speed ... the street-smart cred of vintage Elmore Leonard ... an enthralling and hugely entertaining read' MAXIM
'The literary grandchild of Elmore Leonard ... a keen ear for the criminal patois of southern California' TIME OUT
'If Elmore Leonard wrote about California car salesmen, he'd produce something like this fast and funny debut novel ... a high speed bagatelle game that uses car salesmen for balls' KIRKUS REVIEWS
'Fans of Carl Hiaasen, take note: this easy going, likeable debut does for lowlife L.A. what Hiaasen does for Florida' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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Bird Dog
See Review by Andrew Taylor
See Review by John Boyles
See Review by Val McDermid

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About The Author
Philip Reed was born in the Midwest and spent his childhood in New York, Massachusetts and Oxford, England. He began his writing career as a night police reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago and later for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver. ln1982 he continued west to Los Angeles, where he directed his first play, True Blues. His plays have been staged in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. He has also written several non-fiction books. He now lives in Long Beach, California, with his wife, Vivian Blackwell, a poet, and their two sons Andrew and Tony. He is the highly acclaimed author of Bird Dog.

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Bibliography

Low Rider (Hodder & Stoughton) (1998) 23 Apr 98

Bird Dog (Hodder & Stoughton) (1997)

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