Jack’s character was surprisingly well-developed for someone whose name and history we barely know and all the details of how he remains anonymous, are written as meticulously as he is. I just raced through this book and was so impressed with the way the story was unraveled, sharing moments from the Malaysian heist as it went along, so we know at each stage what went wrong there that makes Jack take the precautions he does and why he owes Marcus so big. Cue a dash by private jet from Seattle to Atlantic City and Jack has to clean up a messy armed robbery and find the loot before the local crime lord, The Wolf, does. He’s able to pick and chose his jobs, but nothing has sparked his interest for six months, so when Marcus Hayes calls in his marker for a screwed up Malaysian heist, Jack has no choice but to take it. Jack Delton – although this is not his real name – is a guy with a specific set of skills, he can become anyone he wants to be, he can make people believe he is whoever he needs to be and in his chosen profession, he can carry out a heist and simply disappear. He has managed to write a tense and pacey crime novel, introduce an intriguing and sympathetic anti-hero and weave a flawless plot in what I hope is only the start of a series of novels about the Ghostman. Ghostman is that book, and Roger Hobbs is that person. Doesn’t just make you sick when you read a really awesome book, then find out it was written by someone ten years your junior.

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