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Ghostman

by Roger Hobbs
Knopf. Feb. 2013. 336p. ISBN 9780307959966. $24.95. F
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In the criminal underworld, there are many specialists needed when pulling a heist. Perhaps the most important is the ghostman, the person responsible for helping perpetrators disappear when the task is done. Unfortunately for the protagonist of this debut thriller, sometimes it's impossible to disappear completely. Several years removed from botching a job in Kuala Lumpur, "Jack" (as he sometimes allows himself to be called) finds himself pressed into service cleaning up a casino robbery in Atlantic City. In less than 48 hours, he has to make the robbery vanish while staying one step ahead of the FBI and a rival crime boss.
VERDICT The novel is frenetic yet methodical, a police procedural told from the wrong side of the law. With its unpredictable plot and an antihero readers will take a perverse joy in cheering for, this book will attract fans of Lee Child, George Pelecanos, or classic hard-boiled fiction. [See Prepub Alert, 8/9/12.]
Reviewed by Peter Petruski, Cumberland Cty. Lib. Syst., Carlisle, PA , Jan 25, 2013
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