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by Peter Spiegelman
A new thriller that takes us inside a hair-raising heist, where paranoia hangs as heavy as the tropical heat, and the only law is Murphy's.
Carr - ex-CIA - is the reluctant leader of an elite crew planning a robbery of such extraordinary proportions that it will leave them all set for life. Diamonds, money-laundering, and extortion go into a timed-to-the-minute scheme that unfurls across South America, Miami, and Grand Cayman Island. Carr's cohorts are seasoned pros, but they're wound drum-tight: months before, the man who brought them together was killed in what Carr suspects was a setup. And there are other loose ends. Some of the intel they're paying for is badly inaccurate, and one of the gang - lately, Carr's lover - may have an agenda of her own. Carr finds himself "working the paranoid calculus... mapping the shifting landscape of who-owes-who and who-owns-who, of loyalty, grudge, and pressure" - but his biggest problems are yet to come: few of his crew are what they seem to be, and even his own past will turn out to be built on a lie.
Terrifically suspenseful and psychologically complex, Thick as Thieves is a rare, penetrating look into the sophisticated machinations of an unparalleled crime, and Peter Spiegelman's most accomplished and galvanizing novel yet.
"Starred Review. Superlative prose... [a] gritty stand-alone... both intricate and plausible." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. The ending is great, but it's an even greater trip getting there." - Booklist
"Thriller fans should investigate." - Library Journal
"Starred Review. Character-driven with a protagonist as enigmatic as he
is compelling. But what really sets this apart is the quality
of Spiegelman’s writing..." - Kirkus
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Peter Spiegelman is the author of Black Maps , which won the 2004 Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel, Death's Little Helpers, and Red Cat. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Mr. Spiegelman spent nearly twenty years in the financial services and software industries and worked with leading banks and brokerages around the world. He lives in Connecticut. Visit him online at www.peterspiegelman.com.
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