Colt and Kane are back, in The Thousand Dollar Gangster, the thrill-a-minute new novel in J.T. Brannan's bestselling Colt Ryder series, from a thriller writer at the top of his game.
Ex-US Army Ranger Colt Ryder is a vigilante-for-hire who travels the country helping people for a thousand dollars a time, aided and abetted by his beloved – and dangerous – canine best friend, Kane.
Hiroshi Watanabe is the crime lord of Seattle’s powerful Yakuza crime syndicate, the supreme commander of that city’s most ruthless organization. However, he has had enough of the life and – a reformed character – wants to retire, and to do so peacefully; the trouble is, it’s not a job he can just walk out on. He therefore hires Colt to kill him – or at least to stage his death, and help him escape into obscurity.
Colt agrees to the unusual request, but before the plan is implemented, Watanabe is killed for real; and when Masahiko Nakamura takes over as boss, he immediately starts a gang war, intending to dominate organized crime across the Pacific Northwest, no matter who stands in his way.
Believing he owes Watanabe a debt – and not wanting to see Seattle degenerate into a war zone – Colt decides to take the fight to Nakamura and his Yakuza clan. But against such a violent and formidable enemy, his chances of success – and even his survival – are at an all-time low.
The Thousand Dollar Gangster is a ferocious, violent and exciting thriller that will keep you reading all night long!
Praise for J.T. Brannan -
"What an absorbing, rollercoaster of a read." - Elly Griffiths, winner of the Edgar Award for The Crossing Places
"Origin is a thrill-a-minute ride of a book." - Simon Toyne, bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy
"Origin is a truly original novel, seamlessly meshing a modern high-tech chase thriller, stuffed full of guns and gadgets, with elements of ancient history to produce a book that’s both thought-provoking and relentlessly exciting." - James Becker, bestselling author of The First Apostle
"Smart, sophisticated and thrilling, Origin drags you in and makes you hold your breath right to the last lung bursting page." - Sam Christer, bestselling author of The Stonehenge Legacy and The Turin Shroud
Genre: Mystery
Ex-US Army Ranger Colt Ryder is a vigilante-for-hire who travels the country helping people for a thousand dollars a time, aided and abetted by his beloved – and dangerous – canine best friend, Kane.
Hiroshi Watanabe is the crime lord of Seattle’s powerful Yakuza crime syndicate, the supreme commander of that city’s most ruthless organization. However, he has had enough of the life and – a reformed character – wants to retire, and to do so peacefully; the trouble is, it’s not a job he can just walk out on. He therefore hires Colt to kill him – or at least to stage his death, and help him escape into obscurity.
Colt agrees to the unusual request, but before the plan is implemented, Watanabe is killed for real; and when Masahiko Nakamura takes over as boss, he immediately starts a gang war, intending to dominate organized crime across the Pacific Northwest, no matter who stands in his way.
Believing he owes Watanabe a debt – and not wanting to see Seattle degenerate into a war zone – Colt decides to take the fight to Nakamura and his Yakuza clan. But against such a violent and formidable enemy, his chances of success – and even his survival – are at an all-time low.
The Thousand Dollar Gangster is a ferocious, violent and exciting thriller that will keep you reading all night long!
Praise for J.T. Brannan -
"What an absorbing, rollercoaster of a read." - Elly Griffiths, winner of the Edgar Award for The Crossing Places
"Origin is a thrill-a-minute ride of a book." - Simon Toyne, bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy
"Origin is a truly original novel, seamlessly meshing a modern high-tech chase thriller, stuffed full of guns and gadgets, with elements of ancient history to produce a book that’s both thought-provoking and relentlessly exciting." - James Becker, bestselling author of The First Apostle
"Smart, sophisticated and thrilling, Origin drags you in and makes you hold your breath right to the last lung bursting page." - Sam Christer, bestselling author of The Stonehenge Legacy and The Turin Shroud
Genre: Mystery