Bøger af John Clarkson

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"James Beck didn't see it coming. Two men gruesomely murdered at his doorstep. His closest friend and ally abducted. Someone is out to destroy Beck, everything he has, and everyone he cares about. Why? Who is behind this? How can he stop a merciless attacker who always seems to be one step ahead of him? Beck will have to uncover a mystery shrouded in his past, make an alliance that will put him at even more risk, and face a monstrous enemy in a shattering climax that will change his life forever"--

A deadly drug war has turned a Brooklyn housing project into a hellhole.Can the NYPD possibly stop the carnage?Only if they come up with one hell of a plan. NYPD detective Loyd Shaw is months away from retiring when the all-powerful Chief of Detectives, Albert J. DeLuca, summons him to One Police Plaza. Shaw has given in to his anger and rebellious nature one too many times. DeLuca gives him an ultimatum. Lose your job, your pension, and any chance of earning a living, or go deep undercover and way off the books to stop a murderous drug war raging at a housing project in one of Brooklyn's worst neighborhoods. No one can know about this operation. Shaw must put together a small team from DeLuca's personal list of loser cops also on their way out. It'll be a mission for men given one last chance with hardly any chance of surviving. And by the way, the NYPD Commissioner's headstrong daughter, Justine Burton, runs a community center for battered women in the complex where the bodies are dropping. Shaw and his band of outcasts will find themselves battling a volatile mix of drug dealers, Muslim security guards recruited from prison, poverty, addiction, and greed. How will it end? In one, single, life-changing moment Loyd Shaw never imagined. PRAISE FOR NEW LOTS "Thrillingly complex drug-war novel...hard driving realism." - KIRKUS REVIEWS "Recommended for fans of gritty crime dramas." - BOOKLIST "New Lots is prime-time crime fiction. Clarkson writes with fierce reality, filling pages with characters tabloid fresh. New Lots is a roller coaster thrill ride from the opening riff down to a pulse-shredder of a climax." - LORENZO CARCATERRA, NY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR "New Lots will satisfy readers looking for a fast-paced cop thriller with sympathetic leads." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Well written...Believable...This really is a terrific, can't-put-down-till-the-end read." - THE ELLENVILLE PRESS "A top-notch, adrenaline-charged, action-packed thriller. A gritty, explosive tale, carefully orchestrated." - LANSING STATE JOURNAL

"If someone you loved were savagely beaten and left in a coma, how far would you go to find justice? How far could you go? For most of us, not very far. Particularly if those responsible for the crime were protected by power, money, and corrupt police. But Jack Devlin isn't like us. Devlin is going to find justice even if it means descending into the lawless underworld of New York after-hours clubs where sex and drugs fuel the madness, and the men behind the criminal enterprise kill without hesitation. Set in 1980's New York City during a time when many New Yorkers put their heads down, accepted the unacceptable, and hoped they'd come out okay. Perhaps not so different from today."--Publisher's description.

Like Ocean's Eleven meets Mystic River, Among Thieves is a high-octane thriller from a writer at the top of his game. 'Hardboiled urban noir from the pen of a master' Lee Child*****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 . . . Praise for John Clarkson:'The legendary Jack Reacher may just have met his match in ex-convict James Beck, star of this sensational thriller ... The action is relentless, twist turns upon twist as the intricacies of an exceptional plot unfold, revealing Beck as a man never to be underestimated. This is an outstanding thriller from a writer at the top of his game' Daily Mail'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'An outstanding thriller ... for fans of' Publishers Weekly '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 '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 fabulous, pure and simple' Book Reporter'Strong storytelling. Highly entertaining' salon.com