Publisher's Synopsis
"Forrest is a force to be reckoned with." - THE GLOBE AND MAIL 'From the Shamus Award Finalist - a riveting crime novel and homage to classic noir.' The countdown is on ... Ray Carver has 22 days to pull off the biggest con in his career in order to pay off some very bad people from Texas who want him dead. A master at what he does, Ray sets out to organize a highly synchronized staged accident involving a streetcar back in his hometown of Toronto in a dangerous game of insurance fraud. But nothing in Ray's world is ever as it seems as he becomes increasingly drawn to the young single mother who was an unwitting victim of an earlier staged accident. Or does she know a lot more than she's letting on? The stakes are high and time is running out as Ray finds himself at the centre of an increasingly violent game of cat and mouse. It's 22 days until The Go Ahead ...
