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Ghostman
Ghostman
paperback
Published:
17 July, 2014
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Description
'Fast, hard and knowing: this is an amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense. Read it immediately!' Lee Child
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I make things disappear. It’s what I do. This time I’m tidying up the loose ends after a casino heist gone bad. The loose ends being a million cash. But I only have 48 hours, and there’s a guy out there who wants my head in a bag.
He’ll have to find me first. They don’t call me the Ghostman for nothing...
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‘Brilliantly clever, gripping and action-packed. Utterly original and bound to become a big-budget movie.' SUNDAY MIRROR
‘Quite astonishing . . . Mature, impeccably researched and written with supreme panache, it moves like a black mamba and is every bit as deadly. Fierce, taut and with an intensity that burns the lungs’ DAILY MAIL
‘Full of authentic detail, seedy locations and a high corpse count, it keeps you hooked until the very last page' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
‘Fast-paced and exciting, I read it from cover to cover in a couple of days’
‘Highly imaginative. A real page turner’
‘Fast-paced, original, and strongly characterised’
‘Unputdownable’
‘A thriller that grips from start to finish’
‘Tight story, great writing, interesting characters’
‘Outstanding’
Prizes
Winner of CWA The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Thrillers 2013 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780552169165 |
| ISBN10 | 0552169161 |
| Number Of Pages | 400 |
| Item Weight | 273 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Quite astonishing . . . Mature, impeccably researched and written with supreme panache, it moves like a black mamba and is every bit as deadly. Fierce, taut and with an intensity that burns the lungs, I doubt whether there will be a debut thriller to match it this year, or even next * DAILY MAIL *
Startling and sparkling assurance . . . A star is born? Quite possibly * SUNDAY TIMES *
Full of authentic detail, seedy locations and a high corpse count, it keeps you hooked until the very last page * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Brilliantly clever, gripping and action-packed. Utterly original and bound to become a big-budget movie. * SUNDAY MIRROR *
Fast, hard and knowing: this is an amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense. Read it immediately! -- LEE CHILD
A slam-bang, pedal-to-the-metal crime story . . . I absolutely loved this book and cannot recommend it highly enough -- CHRISTOPHER REICH
Impressive . . . It's one to buckle yourself in for because the ride is fast, thrilling and constantly veering all over the road with a very exciting new talent at the wheel -- Simon Toyne, author of SANCTUS and THE KEY
Hip and stylish . . . a winning blend of tough action and authentic detail, and an enigma of a lead character that you'll want to meet again. An outstanding debut -- CHRIS EWAN, author of SAFE HOUSE
An astonishing debut . . . Hobbs is up there with the best . . . a masterpiece * Guardian *
Smoking-fast . . . the debut of a gifted crime writer who will only get better * New York Times *
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
Roger Hobbs lived in Seattle, Washington after graduating in 2011 from Reed College.
Ghostman was his début novel and was published in twenty-three countries around the world. Vanishing Games is its sequel, which he started writing while living in China.
Roger Hobbs died in November 2016.