Storm Runners - Softcover

Parker, Jefferson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007202571 ISBN 13: 9780007202577

Publisher: HarperFiction, 2008

Synopsis

The gripping new standalone thriller from the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of ‘California Girl’ and ‘The Fallen’.

Funny how different lives can suddenly collide.

A TV weatherwoman gets a stalker – and hires private detective Matt Stromsoe. Matt is a man in recovery. His best friend became a gang warlord and tried to kill him... but Matt's wife and son ended up dead instead. Now he's hoping his first case since he quit the police force will help him move on.

But his old life has unfinished business. His former friend still calls the shots from behind the bars of the US's toughest jail. And it's looking like the stalker case is more than just the usual celebrity obsession. A lot more...

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Review:

Praise for ‘Storm Runners’:

‘A taut plot, plenty of action and strongly drawn characters make this the gripping read you’d expect from this master of the genre’ Irish Independent

‘A tense thriller with many twists and turns’ Belfast Telegraph

‘Shows why Parker ranks as one of the top contemporary suspense writers' Publisher’s Weekly

'Superbly wrought... wonderful... Parker shares with F. Scott Fitzgerald the viewpoint that "character is action", which is what makes this author’s fiction so intensely readable' Kirkus Review

‘A swift plot, pitch-perfect dialogue, and deeply troubled characters who are impossible to forget’ Booklist

Praise for ‘California Girl’:

‘Darkly nostalgic... powerful’ Literary Review

Praise for Jefferson Parker:

‘A great writer... he’s amazing’ Lee Child

'Insanely imaginative' New York Times

'Parker has only one rival – Thomas Harris' Washington Post

'One of our top writers' Harlan Coben

'Parker gets better and better' Literary Review

From the Back Cover:

Funny how different lives can suddenly collide.

When TV weatherwoman Frankie Hatfield gets a stalker she hires a private detective for protection. Matt Stromsoe is an unlikely saviour - his best friend became a gang warlord and tried to kill him, but Matt's wife and son ended up dead instead. Now he's hoping his first case since he quit the force will help him move on.

But Matt's old life has unfinished business. His former friend still calls the shots from behind the bars of America's toughest jail. And it's looking like the stalker case is more than just the usual celebrity obsession. A lot more ...

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperFiction
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0007202571
• ISBN 13: 9780007202577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416