Shills Can't Cash Chips

Praise

“Fun, entertaining, and addictive… Brain candy. Reading for pleasure as it’s meant to be… Once again, Hard Case Crime breathes new life into a classic crime fiction novel.” – New York Journal of Books

“A sterling example of how the job of writing private-eye fiction is properly performed by a master of the genre.” – BookReporter 

“For those who like their crime fiction to be high-octane, this novel is a stunner.” – Daily Mail

“A delightful read with innumerable twists and turns, a satisfying ending, and great one-liners – what’s not to love about Shills Can’t Cash Chips?” – STORGY Review

“Fans of golden-age pulp fiction will love this resurrected wisecracking 1961 example of the genre… It’s packed with dangerous dames, scams, mobsters and the like, very redolent of the Bogie and Cagney era movies.” – Peterborough Telegraph Review

“If you’re looking for some entertaining mysteries, I recommend the Lam/Cool series and especially this newly reprinted volume.”  – George Kelley

“Shills Can’t Cash Chips is Gardner at his hilarious best… do yourselves a favor and pick this up. Everyone needs a good laugh now and then.”  -Pulp Fiction Review