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  • Published: 29 July 2015
  • ISBN: 9781405920971
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 560

Among Thieves




An epic, high octane thriller set in New York. Think Mystic River meets Oceans Eleven, via Heat and The Racketeer

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 . . .

  • Published: 29 July 2015
  • ISBN: 9781405920971
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 560

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Praise for Among Thieves

Among Thieves is hardboiled urban noir from the pen of a master ... highly recommended

Lee Child

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

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 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

An outstanding thriller

Publishers Weekly

Among Thieves is fabulous, pure and simple

Book Reporter

Strong storytelling. Highly entertaining

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