Caught Stealing
A Novel
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 31, 2005
A retired baseball player finds himself fighting for his life in this “fantastically hopped-up thriller [with] a wrong-man plot worthy of Hitchcock” (Entertainment Weekly, Editor’s Choice). “Wow!
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- Who it’s for
- A former ballplayer’s scramble through Manhattan pairs hard-boiled crime with breathless, bruising momentum.
- Themes
- Mistaken identity, Survival under threat, Urban criminal pursuit
- Pacing
- Fast
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A retired baseball player finds himself fighting for his life in this “fantastically hopped-up thriller [with] a wrong-man plot worthy of Hitchcock” (Entertainment Weekly, Editor’s Choice). “Wow! Brutal, visceral, violent, edgy, and brilliant.”—Harlan Coben Now a major motion picture starring Austin Butler and directed by Darren Aronofsky Henry “call me Hank” Thompson used to play California baseball. Now he tends to a bar on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
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When two Russians in tracksuits beat Hank to a pulp, he gets the clue: someone wants something from him. He just doesn’t know what it is, where it is, or how to make them understand he doesn’t have it. Within twenty-four hours, Hank is running over rooftops, playing hide-and-seek with the NYPD, riding the subway with a dead man at his side, and counting a whole lot of cash on a concrete floor. All because of some Russian hoods and a flat-out freakshow of goons. All because once, in another life, the only thing Hank wanted to steal was third base—without getting caught. Henry “Hank” Thompson’s thrilling adventures continue: CAUGHT STEALING • SIX BAD THINGS • A DANGEROUS MAN
Wrong Place, Fast Pace
A former ballplayer’s scramble through Manhattan pairs hard-boiled crime with breathless, bruising momentum.
Come here for
- A wrong-man thriller with a baseball-shaped hook
- Rooftop chases, Russian hoods, and a very bad day
Expect
- A brisk, violent ride through New York
- A dryly comic edge amid the danger
Where it sits
| Action & Adventure | 41% |
|---|---|
| Noir Fiction | 35% |
| Crime Fiction | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Crime Fiction
- Noir Fiction
- Authors
- Charlie Huston
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- May 31, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Mistaken identity · Survival under threat · Urban criminal pursuit
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure