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  • Published: 15 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780345540768
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $29.99

False Positive

A Novel



For fans of Craig Johnson and James Lee Burke comes a thriller by Andrew Grant, introducing Alabaman police Detective Cooper Devereaux. Recently returned to the force after a suspension, Devereaux is hot on the heels of a wiley and experienced kidnapper.

For fans of Craig Johnson and James Lee Burke—False Positive follows up the powerful punch of Andrew Grant’s novel RUN with a staggering second dose of thrills and suspense that is just as smart, atmospheric, and soul-searing.
 
Alabama detective Cooper Devereaux makes no apologies for his luxe lifestyle or the way he does his job. Most cops haven’t lived the kind of life he has—starting out as an orphan, raised by a grizzled cop savior—and most don’t use his kind of high-risk tactics. But he may have met his match in fellow detective Jan Loflin, who’s fresh off a long undercover stint in Vice when they’re partnered on a case that will test them both beyond their direst nightmares.
 
A seven-year-old boy has disappeared from his home in the Birmingham suburbs. But the more Devereaux digs into the missing child’s background, the more he discovers about his own, eventually shaking loose a series of harrowing truths—about bloodlines, mass murder, obsession, and what two damaged detectives have in common with the innocent victim they’re so desperate to save. This twisty page-turner—the debut of the Detective Cooper Devereaux series—hurtles at a mile a minute through an action-packed search for a missing child, culminating in an ending that no reader will see coming.

Praise for False Positive
 
“A fast-moving thriller . . . Readers who like defects in their heroes will love this guy, who knows he’s not as good as he’d like to be. The final twist comes just as all finally seems well with the world. A dark, enjoyable novel. One of Grant’s better works.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
“Smashing.”—Booklist
 
“Engrossing . . . Action-driven, the book’s pace never stops until the startling conclusion, which will chill to the core.”—RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!)
 
Praise for Andrew Grant’s RUN
 
“An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride that will have your head spinning and your heart pounding.”—Joseph Finder
 
“High stakes, high tension, and nonstop action . . . Hang on and enjoy this smart, original, and fast-paced adventure.”—Hank Phillippi Ryan
 
“Relentless, twisty, and blistering fast, it’s a book you don’t dare start at bedtime.”—Sean Chercover
 
“A whizbang of a novel with just the right dose of smart-ass.”—Chelsea Cain
 
“Breathtakingly fast-paced.”—Harlan Coben
 
“A perfect thriller—smart, fast, and blazing with nonstop surprises.”—Robert Crais

  • Published: 15 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780345540768
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $29.99

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Praise for False Positive

Praise for Run:

  • "Breathtakingly fast-paced" -Harlan Coben
  • "High stakes, high tension, and non-stop action. Grant nails the world of sinister corporate scheming and big-money treachery - but don't even try to predict where this taut thriller is headed! Just hang on and enjoy this smart, original and fast-paced adventure." -Hank Phillippi Ryan
  • "Andrew Grant always delivers the goods, and Run is his most intense thriller yet. Relentless, twisty, and blistering-fast, it's a book you don't dare start at bedtime." -Sean Chercover
  • "Smart, fast, and blazing with nonstop surprises, Run owned me from the first page and, man, those pages kept turning! A perfect thriller." -Robert Crais
  • "Reads with the velocity of data over a high speed line. Smart, intricate, dizzying, nothing is quite what it seems in this deftly written, twisty tale" -New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross
  • "Run is a tightly written, expertly plotted, whiz bang of a novel with just the right dose of smart-ass." - New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Cain
  • "Run by Andrew Grant is an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride that will have your head spinning and your heart pounding." --Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Paranoia and Suspicion
  • "Run is a fast-paced, sleek thrill ride. Andrew Grant knows how to keep you turning the pages." -Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Inside Man