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  • Published: 1 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9780552169165
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $27.99

Ghostman




People see what you tell them to see . . .
Oceans Eleven meets Drive meets Lee Child in this extraordinary pulse-pounding debut from the best new thriller writer of the year

'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’

  • Published: 1 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9780552169165
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

Roger Hobbs

Roger Hobbs, is 24 years old and completed the first draft of this novel while still a senior at Reed College. He has worked as a radio host, a rifle range instructor, a note-taker and a security guard. He is a recent graduate of Reed College. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Praise for Ghostman

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

A pulse-pumping heist thriller

Rolling Stone