Saturday's Child (Cal Innes) - Softcover

Banks, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156034573 ISBN 13: 9780156034579

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2009

Synopsis

Cal Innes is fresh out of prison, working out of a gym closet as a private investigator, and trying to sever his ties to local gang lord "Uncle"Morris Tiernan. But when Tiernan hires him to track down a rogue casino dealer who's absconded with a hefty chunk of cash, Innes is thrust into a cat-and-mouse game with Tiernan's pill-popping son, Mo--a game that turns ever more deadly as the case points north to Newcastle.With Tiernan's son on his tail and a Manchester cop determined to put Innes back on the spurs, Saturday's child definitely has to work hard to keep living.The explosive first book in a four-book series featuring the down-at-heels private eye Cal Innes.

About this title

About the Author

Ray Banks has been a double-glazing salesman, a croupier, a dole monkey, and a disgruntled temp. The author of The Big Blind, Saturday's Child, Sucker Punch, and No More Heroes, he was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, and now lives in Edinburgh.

From the Back Cover

The explosive first book in a four-book series featuringManchester private eye Cal Innes.Cal Innes is fresh out of prison, working out of a gym closet as a private investigator, and trying to sever his ties to local gang lord Uncle Morris Tiernan. But when Tiernan hires him to track down a rogue casino dealer who s absconded with a hefty chunk of cash, Innes is thrust into a cat-and-mouse game with Tiernan s pill-popping son, Mo a game that turns ever more deadly as the case points north to Newcastle.With Tiernan s son on his tail and a Manchester cop determined to put Innes back on the spurs, Saturday s child definitely has to work hard to keep living."A knock-out, written with the kind of energy and passion that far too few writers can muster. Fresh and fierce, Saturday s Child raises the bar for hardboiled fiction." Laura Lippman, author of New York Times bestseller What the Dead Know

"Rough-and-tumble noir with a severe edge." Sacramento Bee"

From the Inside Flap

"Fast, funny, and hard as nails, Saturday s Child proves to America what the UK already knows: There s a heart in the darkness of today s finest crime fiction, and Ray Banks will take you there. Buckle up." Sean Doolittle, author of the Barry-winningThe Cleanup

"Ray Banks s writing is a dark delight, and Saturday s Child is like blunt surgery from a cricket bat. Fast, hard, packed with madcap violence and twisted humor, it s a bone-jarring ride through England s bleak underbelly . . . I can t recommend this one enough." Patrick Quinlin, author of The Takedown

Cal Innes is fresh out of prison and ducking a past muddied with ties to local gang lord "Uncle" Morris Tiernan. But when Tiernan finds out Innes is working as an unlicensed PI and calls in a favor Innes doesn t owe, Innes is thrust into a cat-and-mouse game with Tiernan s psychotic son, Mo. Ordered to track down a rogue casino dealer who s absconded with a hefty chunk of cash, Innes finds that the case points north to Newcastle. With Tiernan s son on his tail and a Manchester cop determined to put Innes back in jail, Saturday s child has to work hard to keep living. "

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156034573
• ISBN 13: 9780156034579
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320