Ghostman - (Jack White Novels) by Roger Hobbs (Paperback)

About the Book

"In a daring daybreak operation, two crooks-for-hire rob an Atlantic City casino. But their heist goes horribly wrong, and only one of them makes it out alive. Now he's on the run with $1.2 million vacuum-packed into a bundle the size of a briefcase. Little does he know it's rigged with explosives. Almost immediately, an expert fixer named Jack is in cross-country pursuit. With less than 48 hours to recover the money, clean up the mess, and-for god's sake-try not to botch the job like he did last time."--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR AWARD--BEST FIRST NOVEL

In a daring operation, two crooks-for-hire rob an Atlantic City casino. But their heist goes horribly wrong, and only one of them makes it out alive. Now he's on the run with half a million dollars vacuum-packed into a bundle the size of a briefcase. Little does he know it's rigged with explosives.

Almost immediately, an expert fixer named Jack is in cross-country pursuit. With less than foty-eight hours to recover the money, clean up the mess, and--for god's sake--try not to botch the job like he did last time....

Review Quotes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A Booklist Best Mystery of the Year

Winner of The Strand Critics' Award

Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award

"A pulse-pumping heist thriller." --Rolling Stone

"Smoking-fast. . . . The debut of a gifted crime writer." --The New York Times

"Fast, hard and knowing: this is an amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense. Read it immediately!" --Lee Child

"A tense and tightly coiled debut thriller." --Entertainment Weekly

"A stunningly accomplished debut. . . . [Hobbs] has the talent to fuel bestsellers and summer blockbusters for years to come." --The Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Richly imagined and darkly fascinating." --San Francisco Chronicle

"A super-slick thriller."--New York Daily News

"Stylishly gritty and fast-paced." --O, The Oprah Magazine

"A first-time novelist who's . . . already writing with the poise of an old pro. . . . Hobbs is an assured stylist who favors clean, precise prose, [and] handles violence with a lyric touch." --The New York Times Book Review

"Ghostman is terrific: lightning-quick, absolutely compelling, and smart as all get-out."--The Seattle Times

"Crackling with action." --Bloomberg News

"Wonderfully hard-boiled." --Parade

"A gripping adrenaline rush, a dirty bomb of a crime thriller with a deceptive plot that confounds and stimulates characters and readers alike." --Portland Monthly

"What [Lee] Child's debut novel, Killing Floor, did for thrillers, Hobbs does for crime novels." --Arizona Republic

"Hobbs is up there with the best. I don't think I've read a better botched heist than the one that begins Ghostman. It's a masterpiece of hyper-kinetic blocking and deep, vivid detail."--John O'Connell, The Guardian (London)

"A propulsive thriller that combines incredible detail and unstoppable narrative drive. . . . Hobbs possesses a [Lee] Child-like ability for first unleashing and then shrewdly directing a tornado of a plot, but he also evokes Elmore Leonard in the subtle interplay of his characters. A triumph on every level." --Booklist (starred review)

"This watertight debut [is] at once slick and gritty. . . Straight out of the gate, Hobbs has mastered the essentials of a contemporary thriller: a noir-like tone, no-nonsense prose and a hero with just enough personality to ensure he doesn't come off as an amoral death machine [as well as] heart-stopping scenes that illustrate how small mistakes can turn catastrophic." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

About the Author

Roger Hobbs was the youngest-ever winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award and is a recipient of the Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel and the Maltese Falcon Prize. Born in 1988, Hobbs graduated from Reed College in Portland. Mr. Hobbs died in 2016.

www.rogerhobbs.com