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Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston

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Caught Stealing

A Novel

Charlie Huston

Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 31, 2005

Reading lane: Crime Fiction

A retired baseball player finds himself fighting for his life in this “fantastically hopped-up thriller [with] a wrong-man plot worthy of Hitchcock” ( Entertainment Weekly , Editor’s Choice). “Wow!

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Why This Clicks

Wrong Place, Fast Pace

A former ballplayer’s scramble through Manhattan pairs hard-boiled crime with breathless, bruising momentum.

Come here for

  • A wrong-man thriller with a baseball-shaped hook
  • Rooftop chases, Russian hoods, and a very bad day

Expect

  • A brisk, violent ride through New York
  • A dryly comic edge amid the danger

Book Details

Authors
Charlie Huston
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published
May 31, 2005
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Crime Fiction · International Crime Fiction
Reading lane
Crime Fiction

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Action & Adventure

  • Crime Fiction

  • Noir Fiction

About This Book

A retired baseball player finds himself fighting for his life in this “fantastically hopped-up thriller [with] a wrong-man plot worthy of Hitchcock” ( Entertainment Weekly , Editor’s Choice). “Wow! Brutal, visceral, violent, edgy, and brilliant.”—Harlan Coben Now a major motion picture starring Austin Butler and directed by Darren Aronofsky Henry “call me Hank” Thompson used to play California baseball. Now he tends to a bar on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. When two Russians...

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A retired baseball player finds himself fighting for his life in this “fantastically hopped-up thriller [with] a wrong-man plot worthy of Hitchcock” ( Entertainment Weekly , Editor’s Choice). “Wow! Brutal, visceral, violent, edgy, and brilliant.”—Harlan Coben Now a major motion picture starring Austin Butler and directed by Darren Aronofsky Henry “call me Hank” Thompson used to play California baseball. Now he tends to a bar on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. When two Russians in tracksuits beat Hank to a pulp, he gets the clue: someone wants something from him. He just doesn’t know what it is, where it is, or how to make them understand he doesn’t have it. Within twenty-four hours, Hank is running over rooftops, playing hide-and-seek with the NYPD, riding the subway with a dead man at his side, and counting a whole lot of cash on a concrete floor. All because of some Russian hoods and a flat-out freakshow of goons. All because once, in another life, the only thing Hank wanted to steal was third base—without getting caught. Henry “Hank” Thompson’s thrilling adventures continue: CAUGHT STEALING • SIX BAD THINGS • A DANGEROUS MAN

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