Synopsis
An American, hiding out in Cape Town, South Africa, after being blackmailed into a bank heist back home, is building a new life for his family when an incident of random violence sets him on a collision course with street gangs and a rogue cop who loves killing almost as much as he loves Jesus Christ.
Reluctant bank robber Jack Burn is on the run after a heist in the United States that left three million dollars missing and one cop dead. Hiding out in Cape Town, South Africa, he is desperate to build a new life for his pregnant wife and young son. But on a tranquil evening in their new suburban neighborhood, they are the victims of a random gangland break-in. Benny Mongrel, an ex-con night watchman, knows who went into Burn’s house, and what the American did to them. Burn’s actions soon trap them both in a cat-and-mouse game with Rudi “Gatsby” Barnard, a corrupt Afrikaner cop. Once Gatsby smells those missing American millions, the men are drawn into a web of murder and vengeance that builds to an unforgettable conclusion.
Release date: March 3, 2009
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Print pages: 320
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