The opening
chapter of Ghostman , describes a bloody casino armoured car robbery in
Atlantic City which goes tits up in
every way imaginable. One robber is
killed by a sniper from a concealed vantage point. The other is mortally
wounded. Despite this, the second man escapes with the loot and effectively
disappears – so completely that even the mastermind in Seattle who orchestrated
the job can’t find him.
The narrator
of this Ghostman is "Jack Delton" a ghost man - someone whose job it
is to be forgettable, to disappear or to help other criminals disappear. It has
to be said that Delton is very much a Jack Reacher type i.e. Highly observant,
capable, keeps to himself and not afraid of kicking 50 shades of shit out of
people.
Jack is
called out of semi-retirement by a criminal associate who has every reason to
kill him: the Ghostman was a member of an armed robbery team that robbed an
ultramodern bank in Kuala Lumpur of millions of dollars, but a cock up on Jacks
part resulted in most members of the crew being arrested and the stolen money
ending up tantalizingly out of reach.
He is told
he can make up for botching the Malaysian heist by recovering the loot stolen
in Atlanta. However, to do so, he will not only have to track down the robber
who remains alive, but also avoid the casino city’s crime boss, a sadistic
fellow called The Wolf who also is looking for the stolen cash.
As a further
complication, Jack will also have to avoid being arrested by pesky female FBI
agent Rebecca Blacker who spots him as a
bad guy the minute he lands in New Jersey has his face on wanted posters all
over the shop.
I have to
admit that when a book is as hyped as this one with even Lee Child recommending
it, I was left both incredibly curious as well as just a little concerned that
it might not live up to expectations. I
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