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Bronx Requiem
Bronx Requiem
Oct 8, 2024 12:44 PM

Author:John Clarkson

Bronx Requiem

James Beck returns to hunt down a killer in the unforgiving streets of the Bronx and this time, it's personal. Bronx Requiem is the intense, action-packed sequel to Among Thieves.

James Beck learned the value of loyalty the hard way. Imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, he developed a keen sense of right and wrong. And, in possession of skills and cunning acquired on both sides of the law Beck is capable of.

So when his friend is beaten and killed on the streets of the Bronx, Beck is determined to provide him a measure of justice; a little dignity.

But what starts as an investigation into a simple street killing soon turns into something more sinister and complex. And it's clear that, if he's going to get to the truth, Beck is going to have to draw on all his considerable abilities and connections. Or follow his tragic friend to an early grave ...

Reviews

Praise for Among Thieves

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Among Thieves is hardboiled urban noir from the pen of a master ... highly recommended

—— Lee Child

The legendary Jack Reacher may just have met his match in ex-convict James Beck, star of this sensational thriller . . . The action is relentless, twist turns upon twist as the intricacies of an exceptional plot unfold, revealing Beck as a man never to be underestimated. This is an outstanding thriller from a writer at the top of his game

—— Daily Mail

John Clarkson's Among Thieves is an intense, well-written thriller about tough, cunning men whose conflicting schemes turn Brooklyn into a battlefield

—— Thomas Perry

Fans of the great Lawrence Block and Lee Child will get their money's worth and then some

—— Peter Blauner, author of Slow Motion Riot and Slipping into Darkness

Among Thieves is an adrenaline fueled rush of reality and James Beck is one of the baddest, boldest, brashest creations ever seen in the pages of any thriller. It's a rock 'n roll, foot-stomper of a book and once you start you cannot stop reading. You can't ask for more out of a crime novel than you get from Among Thieves. It is as good as good gets

—— Lorenzo Carcaterra, New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers and The Wolf

An outstanding thriller

—— Publishers Weekly

Among Thieves is fabulous, pure and simple

—— Book Reporter

Strong storytelling. Highly entertaining

—— salon.com

The Power is a fascinating look at what the world might be like if millennia of sexism went the other way...as a whole the narrative feels ingenious...deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man)

—— The Times

A feminist science-fiction story that's about to make waves

—— Red

If you enjoy Margaret Atwood's dystopian fiction, this strong, substantial novel is for you

—— Woman & Home

Alderman is a fluent and powerful writer

—— Sunday Times

Thought-provoking novel

—— Glamour

When we say that The Power is profoundly disturbing and you may well want to argue with it as you read, we mean that in a good way

—— SFX, Five Stars

I loved it; it was visceral, provocative and curiously pertinent . . . The story has stayed with me since

—— Stylist, the decade's 15 best books by remarkable women

As awesome as it is compulsive

—— Heat, 5 stars

What starts out as a fantasy of female empowerment deepens and darkens into an interrogation of power itself, its uses and abuses and what it does to the people who have it

—— Guardian

A raw, gutsy slice of speculative dystopia

—— Metro

Like the best science fiction, this dystopian feminist fantasy holds up a mirror to the here and now

—— Mail on Sunday

A gripping read and a reminder of the true joy of a truly engaging story

—— Stylist

Frenetic sci-fi novel

—— Daily Mail

Naomi's super-charged, subversive novel....forcing you to rethink everything

—— Psychologies

One of my favourite books of 2016 - clever, harrowing and thought-provoking

—— Paula Hawkins, best-selling author of The Girl on the Train

Electrifying

—— Margaret Atwood

It's a feminist dystopian page-turner of a thriller and I'm IN LOVE with it

—— Marian Keyes

This year's Baileys winner is simultaneously a high-concept thought experiment and a rollercoaster, action packed read

—— Guardian

The Power by Naomi Alderman is the feminist flipside to The Handmaid's Tale, asking what happens when women are suddenly the stronger sex

—— Evening Standard

An enthrallingly told Cassandra-like prophecy from the ever-inventive Naomi Alderman

—— Observer

This book sparks with such electric satire that you should read it wearing insulated gloves

—— Washington Post

The Power is at once as streamlined as a 90-minute action film and as weirdly resonant as one of Atwood's own early fictions

—— Boston Globe

In this fierce and unsettling novel, the ability to generate a dangerous electrical force from their bodies lets women take control, resulting in a vast, systemic upheaval of gender dynamics across the globe

—— New York Times Books of the Year

It's a riveting story, told in fittingly electric language, that explores how power corrupts everyone: those new to it and those resisting its loss'

—— New York Times

Mina's insight into the wellsprings of violence is terrifyingly acute and her eye for period detail is unsurpassed. A bravura reimagining of 1950s Glasgow

—— Liam Mcllvanney , Big Issue

Mina’s recent novel The Long Drop…is her most interesting work

—— Neil Mackay , Herald

An atmospheric recreation of a vanished Glasgow…and a compelling exploration of the warped criminal mind. A Mina masterpiece

—— The Times, *Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade*

One of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years.

—— Ian Rankin

One of the most fiercely intelligent of crime writers

—— Daily Telegraph
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