Among Thieves (Thorndike Press Large Print Crime Scene) - Hardcover

Clarkson, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410478734 ISBN 13: 9781410478733

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2015

Synopsis

They thought they could cover up what an out-of-control trader at a Manhattan brokerage firm did to Olivia Sanchez. She worked hard, played by the rules, but so what? Blackball her from the industry and be done with her.
Who's going to stop them?
Nobody, until Olivia turns to her cousin Manny, an ex-con and ex-gang leader whose first reaction is to take care of the arrogant bastard who hurt his cousin--permanently. His partner, James Beck, part of a tight clique of ex-cons based in Brooklyn's Red Hook, convinces Manny to hold off. Things can be complicated in the real world. But even the savvy Beck has no idea what's really going on.
There's much more at stake than Beck imagines, starting with enough money to ignite a level of ruthless greed that can wipe Beck and his partners off the face of the earth. It's tens of millions of dollars, connected to arms dealing for a clandestine U.S. agency.
Beck and his loyal band are forced into an escalating nonstop war against an arms dealer, war criminals, Russian mobsters, and even the NYPD. The only way to stay out of prison and survive is to outsmart, outfight, never concede, and ultimately rob their enemies of the source of their power: 116 million dollars.

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Review

"John Clarkson's "Among Thieves" is an intense, well-written thriller about tough, cunning men whose conflicting schemes turn Brooklyn into a battlefield." --Thomas Perry, author of "The Butcher's Boy" and "Sleeping Dogs"
"Fans of the great Lawrence Block and Lee Child will get their money's worth and then some." --Peter Blauner, author of "Slow Motion Riot" and "Slipping into Darkness"

""Among Thieves" is hardboiled urban noir from the pen of a master ... highly recommended." --Lee Child, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Personal"
""Among Thieves" is an adrenaline fueled rush of reality and James Beck is one of the baddest, boldest, brashest creations ever seen in the pages of any thriller. It's a rock 'n roll, foot-stomper of a book and once you start you cannot stop reading. You can't ask for more out of a crime novel than you get from Among Thieves. It is as good as good gets." --Lorenzo Carcaterra, New York Times bestselling author of "Sleepers" and "The Wolf
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"Fans of the great Lawrence Block and Lee Child will get their money's worth and then some." --Peter Blauner, author of "Slow Motion Riot" and Executive Producer of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit"
"John Clarkson's "Among Thieves" is an intense, well-written thriller about tough, cunning men whose conflicting schemes turn Brooklyn into a battlefield." --Thomas Perry, author of "Butcher's Boy" and "Vanishing Act "

From the Back Cover

'An adrenalin fuelled rush. James Beck is one of the baddest, boldest, brashest creations ever seen in the pages of any thriller. You can't ask for more out of a crime novel, Among Thieves is as good as it gets' Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleepers

Unfairly imprisoned by the State of New York, ex-con James Beck is a man with a keen sense of right and wrong. But when a friend's niece turns to him for help, he soon discovers that the men at whose hands she's suffered are more dangerous than he could possibly have imagined.

In order to prevail, he and his gang of friends will have to outwit, out-flank and out-fight a formidable array of opponents the like of which they've never before encountered. Or die trying ...

'Hardboiled noir from the pen of a master' Lee Child

'Among Thieves is fabulous, pure and simple' Book Reporter

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1410478734
• ISBN 13: 9781410478733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 681