{"product_id":"saturdays-child-paperback-1","title":"Saturday's Child - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay Banks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCal Innes is fresh out of prison, working out of a gym closet as a private investigator, and trying to sever his ties to local gang lord \"Uncle\"Morris Tiernan. But when Tiernan hires him to track down a rogue casino dealer who's absconded with a hefty chunk of cash, Innes is thrust into a cat-and-mouse game with Tiernan's pill-popping son, Mo--a game that turns ever more deadly as the case points north to Newcastle.With Tiernan's son on his tail and a Manchester cop determined to put Innes back on the spurs, Saturday's child definitely has to work hard to keep living.The explosive first book in a four-book series featuring the down-at-heels private eye Cal Innes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast, funny, and hard as nails, \u003ci\u003eSaturday s Child\u003c\/i\u003e proves to America what the UK already knows: There s a heart in the darkness of today s finest crime fiction, and Ray Banks will take you there. Buckle up. Sean Doolittle, author of the Barry-winning\u003ci\u003eThe Cleanup\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ray Banks s writing is a dark delight, and \u003ci\u003eSaturday s Child\u003c\/i\u003e is like blunt surgery from a cricket bat. Fast, hard, packed with madcap violence and twisted humor, it s a bone-jarring ride through England s bleak underbelly . . . I can t recommend this one enough.\" Patrick Quinlin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Takedown \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCal Innes is fresh out of prison and ducking a past muddied with ties to local gang lord \"Uncle\" Morris Tiernan. But when Tiernan finds out Innes is working as an unlicensed PI and calls in a favor Innes doesn t owe, Innes is thrust into a cat-and-mouse game with Tiernan s psychotic son, Mo. Ordered to track down a rogue casino dealer who s absconded with a hefty chunk of cash, Innes finds that the case points north to Newcastle. With Tiernan s son on his tail and a Manchester cop determined to put Innes back in jail, Saturday s child has to work hard to keep living. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe explosive first book in a four-book series featuringManchester private eye Cal Innes.Cal Innes is fresh out of prison, working out of a gym closet as a private investigator, and trying to sever his ties to local gang lord Uncle Morris Tiernan. But when Tiernan hires him to track down a rogue casino dealer who s absconded with a hefty chunk of cash, Innes is thrust into a cat-and-mouse game with Tiernan s pill-popping son, Mo a game that turns ever more deadly as the case points north to Newcastle.With Tiernan s son on his tail and a Manchester cop determined to put Innes back on the spurs, Saturday s child definitely has to work hard to keep living.\"A knock-out, written with the kind of energy and passion that far too few writers can muster. Fresh and fierce, \u003ci\u003eSaturday s Child\u003c\/i\u003e raises the bar for hardboiled fiction.\" Laura Lippman, author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWhat the Dead Know \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rough-and-tumble noir with a severe edge.\" \u003ci\u003eSacramento Bee\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 7.98 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377087242547,"sku":"9780156034579","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/mu6qawUP4i9780156034579.webp?v=1779314879","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/saturdays-child-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}