Synopses & Reviews
New from the "reigning prince of crime fiction"*: For four friends, there's only one thing more dangerous than the men chasing them. Each other.In just three novels, Marcus Sakey has staked a claim as "an astoundingly good writer,"* one whose believable characters-always ordinary people-face excruciating situations with life- or-death consequences. The Amateurs asks a chilling question: Do you get what you deserve, or what you take?
Alex is failing as a father. Ian keeps dangerous secrets. Jenn is pining for adventure; Mitch is pining for Jenn. Four friends just getting by. Every Thursday night they've found solace in a couple of beers and a couple of laughs. But months turn to years, and suddenly a decade is gone. None of them are where-or who-they hoped to be.
And they've decided to do something about it. To stop waiting, and start taking.
But what was supposed to be a victimless crime has become a bloody nightmare. People have been killed. A child is in danger. Ruthless men pursue them with relentless fury. And tensions they thought were long-buried threaten to destroy them. As their whole world begins to unravel, each will have to choose between their own life and the lives of others-including their best friends.
Review
Acclaim for Marcus Sakey and his novels...
“AN ASTOUNDINGLY GOOD WRITER.” —San Jose Mercury News
“A brainy, twisty, sometimes twisted mystery.”--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
“MARCUS SAKEY IS EXACTLY THE ELECTRIC JOLT AMERICAN CRIME FICTION NEEDS.”—Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Live by Night
“SAKEY IS A PRODIGIOUS TALENT.”—Laura Lippman, author of And When She Was Good
AN AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL NEW VOICE.”—George Pelecanos, author of What it Was and Shame the Devil
"Like vintage Elmore Leonard crossed with classic Dennis Lehane.”—Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher novels
"A brilliant writer. He gets inside the heads of people and shows how one word or turn can lead away from the safe and narrow and into a full blown nightmare."—The Huffington Post
"This giant among crime novelists always holds one spare bullet in his arsenal." —Chicago Sun-Times
"The new master of the thriller." —Providence Journal
“One of the hottest young crime writers in the country.”—The Oregonian
Synopsis
In Sakey's taut, propulsive novel, four friends from the old neighborhood have dreams of a better life. But they go too far with a plan to change their situation, and now their world is falling apart. To save their own lives, they have to take the lives of others.
Synopsis
The new novel from "the electric jolt American crime fiction needs." (Dennis Lehane) Four friends take on a risky opportunity to steal a fortune in dirty money. But in this game, any misstep carries lethal consequences-and these four rank amateurs are playing against the most dangerous professionals imaginable.
About the Author
Marcus Sakey is the acclaimed author of Good People, The Blade Itself, and At the City's Edge, all three of which are in development as feature films.