A NEW YORK POST BOOK OF THE WEEK
‘A near-perfect heart-stoppingly intense NY crime story’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘Edge of your seat, heart in your mouth kind of action’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘A real page turner. I couldn’t read it fast enough!’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
New York, 1995. Cop Callum Burke arrives in New York from Hong Kong, drafted in as part of an international investigation into organised crime.
With the handover of Hong Kong to China only a couple of years away, gangsters are moving their operations out of the territory and into New York ahead of the looming deadline.
Burke’s experiences with East Asian crime and the Triads’ links to the Irish Mob make him the perfect man to send in undercover.
But as he infiltrates these vast and lethal criminal networks, bodies start to pile up in his wake and his conscience threatens to send him over the edge.
And when Burke’s NYPD handlers push him to continue the investigation at all costs, he may have to cross the line from cop to criminal just to stay alive…
Readers of Don Winslow, Michael Connelly, Steve Cavanagh, Richard Price and John Sandford will love this dark and morally complex novel which presents a searing portrait of mid-1990s New York as you’ve never seen it before.
RAT ISLAND is available to buy HERE
PRAISE FOR RAT ISLAND AND JOHN STEELE:
‘A non-stop thrill ride filled with intrigue, action and suspense’ Gerald Posner
‘John Steele writes with grit, pace and authenticity. Fans of Don Winslow will love this’ Claire McGowan
‘A real contender for crime book of the year’ David Peace
‘Steele’s fourth novel [RAT ISLAND] should make him a stablemate of the likes of Michael Connelly. Intricate plotting, characters making questionable moral choices, gut-wrenching action and a momentum that never flags all make for a work that takes a pneumatic drill to the fragile veneer of respectability that disguises modern, urban life.’ South China Morning Post
‘After RAT ISLAND, I’ll be reading John Steele from now on. You should too’ Garth Ennis
‘RAT ISLAND speeds and thrashes with the dangerous energy of the Manhattan streets which are so vividly recalled’ Gary Donnelly
‘John Steele is going to be one of crime writing’s elite’ Ken Bruen
‘A writer of huge promise’ Irish Independent
‘Remarkable’ Sunday Times
