Product Details
Scribner, August 2004
Hardcover, 384 pages
ISBN-10: 074326455X
ISBN-13: 9780743264556
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Four masked men -- thieves, rivals, and friends from the tough streets of Charlestown -- take on a Boston bank at gunpoint. Holding bank manager Claire Keesey hostage and cleaning out the vault were simple. But career criminal Doug MacRay didn't plan on one thing: falling hard for Claire. When he tracks her down without his mask and gun, their mutual attraction is undeniable. With a tenacious FBI agent following his every move, he imagines a life away from his gritty, dangerous work -- a life centered around Claire. But before that can happen, Doug and his crew learn that there may be a way to rob Boston's venerable baseball stadium, Fenway Park. Risky yet utterly irresistible, it would be the perfect heist to end his criminal career and begin a new life. But, as it turns out, pursuing Claire may be the most dangerous act of all.
Racing to an explosive climax, Prince of Thieves is a brash tale of robbery in all its forms -- and an unforgettable odyssey of crime, love, ambition, and dreams.
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"A terrific read...A rich narrative of friendship, young love, and mounting suspense."
-- Stephen King
"As knowledgeable as James Ellroy, as sharp as Elmore Leonard, and as profound as fellow Boston scribe Dennis Lehane."
-- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"A riveting, splendidly detailed thriller."
-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Stunningly crafted...The plot...is swift and expertly built, the prose muscular and clean."
-- The Seattle Times
Ed McBainChuck Hogan is a superb writer, and his Prince of Thieves is a grand novel peopled with believable characters in heart-wrenching scenes that throb with masterful suspense. More than a crime novel, this is simply great fiction that should not be missed.
Jeffrey DeaverWhat a compelling read! Hogan's Prince of Thieves is smart, speedy and stylish-a literary Pulp Fiction.
Centre Daily Times, June 10, 2009
...Strain' (William Morrow, $26.99), the first installment in a trilogy by the filmmaker in collaboration with author Chuck Hogan. Published Tuesday - with the second book ('The Fall') and third ('The Night Eternal') due in 2010 and 2011, ...
Arizona Republic, June 9, 2009
...- in his first novel. 'The Strain' (William Morrow, $26.99), written by del Toro and thriller novelist Chuck Hogan ('The Prince of Thieves'), hit stores last week. 'Romance is a perfectly legitimate part of the lore,' says del Toro, 44, ...
Library Journal, June 6, 2009
...Pan's Labyrinth director Del Toro and thriller author Hogan (Prince of Thieves) team up to launch the first volume of a modern-day vampire trilogy. The story begins onboard a grounded plane that has just landed at New York's JFK ...
Examiner.com, June 2, 2009
...The Strain?, by discussing the work and signing copies at local Barnes and Noble stores. He and co-author Chuck Hogan will make two appearances on Thursday, June 4: ? At the Park Slope Barnes & Noble in Brooklyn, at midnight. ? At the Union ...
People, March 31, 2009
...Baby Gone, will be directing and starring in The Town, which Variety reports is an adaptation of the Chuck Hogan novel The Prince of Thieves. 'Matt is always pretty busy but claiming that he's going to try and slow it down a little bit,' ...
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The Killing MoonDonald Maddox has returned to his sleepy Massachusetts hometown after fifteen years away. Although he has no law enforcement background, he finds a job...Read More
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