The Ice Harvest, one of the most acclaimed noir debuts of 2000, is now followed by The Walkaway - both its prequel and sequel. Sidney's stepfather, Gunther Fahnstiel, got lucky in The Ice Harvest. Lucky to the tune of USD250,000 in untraceable notes. Ten years later he's escaped from the Lake Vista nursing home; confused, frail and desperate for a haircut. Sidney has prospered since his days running the bar at the Sweet Cage; he's now the owner, in fact, and strip clubs are big business. So a USD12,000 reward is posted for Gunther's safe return. The only problem is Gunther's just run into the daughter of an old flame and memories of dark deeds from decades before begin to surface...

'Phillips is a stylish, laconic writer and The Walkaway, in pulling off his merging of two time scales, never falters for a moment. Terrific' The Observer

Scott Phillips has been shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award and the Macallan Dagger for Fiction Award, for his debut novel, The Ice Harvest. The Ice Harvest has recently been made into a film starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton. Scott lives in Southern California with his wife and young daughter.