KIRKUS REVIEWS: "THE NOVEL BRIMS WITH CRIMINALS AND SEEDY TYPES, WHICH LOMAX OFFSETS WITH HIS TWO SYMPATHETIC CONVICT MAIN CHARACTERS...THERE'S A LOT OF STEALING GOING ON, BUT IT'S ALL GLEEFULLY DIVERTING...LOMAX KNOWS TO KEEP THE PLOT MOVING...THE CLIPPED PROSE HUMS ALONG, GENERATING A BLUNT, EDGY MOOD."