Synopses & Reviews
From debut author David Rich, a spectacular crime thriller about a charming con artist, a complicated heist, and the son charged with constructing a fragile truth out of a lifetime of lies.
Rollie Waters is the smartest guy in any room. Working as an undercover marine, he knows all the angles, and he's never less than two steps ahead of trouble--a skill he learned from the con artist father who raised him, though he hasn't seen Dan in years. Like Dan, Rollie knows how to offer cheap gifts with one hand while stealing the family silver with the other. But, unlike Dan, Rollie is not a criminal.
Rollie’s childhood was a mesh of perfectly believable lies stretched so thin that he barely knows who he is. It’s only when he’s working undercover, inhabiting a false identity, that Rollie is comfortable in his own skin. The danger of deep undercover work makes use of his talents and keeps him out of trouble. Most of the time.
After he’s yanked out of his latest assignment and tossed in the brig, he’s only partly surprised when the officials in charge mention one name: Dan Waters. U.S. government money—a lot of money—has gone missing, and they think Rollie’s father took it. The only way to find Dan is to trace the frail tendrils of truth scattered among Rollie’s childhood memories. To do that, he’ll have to go deep into the undercover identity of a lifetime: his own.
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Caravan of Thieves has everything a reader could desire from a thriller—breakneck pacing, well-rendered action scenes, a vivid setting, a compelling and complex hero, and endless twists. As with the best thrillers, what lifts it above the pack is clean prose and depth of character, a sense that the sins of the past weigh heavily on the present. David Rich is off to a fine start, and will be a writer to watch."
—Michael Koryta, Edgar-nominated author of The Ridge
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“A solid debut from a gifted storyteller.
Caravan of Thieves builds a labyrinth of deception spanning the deserts of the American Southwest to the deserts of Afghanistan – one part noir thriller, one part father-son tale, and one part adventure saga. Prepare to be ensnared.”
—T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Jaguar
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Caravan of Thieves busts right out of the chute and never stops bucking. It's a rocket-ride and a terrific debut that will leave the reader shaken and gasping for air.”
—C.J. Box, New York Times bestselling author of Force of Nature
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“First page through to the last,
Caravan of Thieves was an incredibly entertaining escape and worth every minute.”
—Taylor Stevens, New York Times bestselling author of The Informationist
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"A stylish, gritty, breakneck tale,
Caravan of Thieves had me guessing the whole way. David Rich's terse, hard-boiled prose keeps the story moving faster than a wanted criminal. And the ending is a stunner! Highly recommended!"
—Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Betrayal
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“Busts right out of the chute and never stops bucking.”—
New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box
“A stylish, gritty, breakneck tale...the ending is a stunner!”—New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich
“Incredibly entertaining.”—New York Times bestselling author Taylor Stevens
“Bourne-level action...a fast-paced thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Breakneck pacing...endless twists.”—Edgar®-nominated author Michael Koryta
“Prepare to be ensnared.”—National bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker
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Praise for David Rich and the Rollie Waters novels
“Rollie Waters is as tough as Reacher, clever as Bourne, and cool as Bond. I'm addicted.” —Howard Blum, Edgar Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author
“Action, dead bodies, tribal enmities, and blood politics. It all adds up to a fog of menace, and the nimble Rich keeps the reader guessing.”—Booklist
“A rapid fire read, so make sure youre locked and loaded when you start because two-hundred and ninety-nine pages are going to fly by in this kinetic and compelling burst of a book.”—Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries
“From the first bullet to the last, Middle Man is Ludlum-style action at its best. After reading it straight through, I'm now looking forward to Lieutenant Rollie Waters' next assignment.”—Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Places
“Rich is a film writer, with a firm grip on pacing, always ready to stop and flesh out characters and then to pull a knife and draw a little blood. Waters is the perfect edgy, flawed hero…Above average action-adventure with a touch of noir. This one is good fun.”—Kirkus Reviews
“We follow a labyrinth of violence, deceit, and villainy in which the good guy wins, but the bad guy may reappear later. Lots of fun.”—Library Journal
“Busts right out of the chute and never stops bucking. Its a rocket ride and a terrific debut that will leave the reader shaken and gasping for air.”—C. J. Box, New York Times bestselling author of The Highway
“A stylish, gritty, breakneck tale, Caravan of Thieves had me guessing the whole way. David Richs terse, hard-boiled prose keeps the story moving faster than a wanted criminal. And the ending is a stunner! Highly recommended!”—Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author of The Prince of Risk
“First page through to the last, Caravan of Thieves was an incredibly entertaining escape and worth every minute.”—Taylor Stevens, New York Times bestselling author of The Doll
“Everything a reader could desire from a thriller—breakneck pacing, well-rendered action scenes, a vivid setting, a compelling and complex hero, and endless twists. As with the best thrillers, what lifts it above the pack is clean prose and depth of character, a sense that the sins of the past weigh heavily on the present.”—Michael Koryta, Edgar Award-nominated author of The Prophet
“[For] readers with a taste for Bourne-level action.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Builds a labyrinth of deception spanning the deserts of the American Southwest to the deserts of Afghanistan—one part noir thriller, one part father-son tale, and one part adventure saga. Prepare to be ensnared.”—T. Jefferson Parker, national bestselling author of The Famous and the Dead
“Caravan of Thieves has everything a good thriller needs.”—Booklist
“Like le Carrés A Perfect Spy…Rich tosses in both humor and surprising plot twists.”—Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Like his con artist father, Rollie Waters knows all the angles, and hes never fewer than two steps ahead of trouble. But unlike his father, Rollie is not a criminal. Only when hes working undercover for the Marines, inhabiting a false identity, is Rollie comfortable in his own skin.
But after hes yanked out of his latest assignment and tossed into the brig, hes not that surprised to hear that a lot of government money has gone missing and the officials think Rollies father took it. The only way to find Dan Waters is to trace the frail tendrils of truth scattered among Rollies childhood memories. To do that, hell have to go deep into the undercover identity of a lifetimehis own.
Synopsis
Recruited into SHADE, an elite, covert group formed by the U.S. military, Rollie Waters must locate and retrieve the countless millions taken from Saddams cache during the Iraq War and shipped home in the coffins of dead soldiers. But a sniper attack forces Rollie undercover to solve the riddle of the graves and to apprehend the puppet master behind the plot.
Its a quest that reaches from the Texas digs of the self-proclaimed King of Kurdistan to the treacherous, labyrinthine streets of Erbil, Iraq, and into the arms of an enigmatic woman with impenetrable motives. Now more spy than soldier, Waters must uncover the man pulling the strings behind a backdrop of murder, deceit, and stolen fortune....
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About the Author
David Rich has sold screenplays to most of the major studios and to many production companies in the United States and Europe. He wrote the feature film Renegades starring Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips. Forsaking Los Angeles for small-town Connecticut, David turned his attention to fiction. Rich is the author of Caravan of Thieves, the first Rollie Waters novel.