Hard Place

by Douglas Stewart

Overview

★★★★★ "The best British crime novel I've read this year."

Detective Todd "Ratso" Holtom is as tough as they come.
Born and bred in gritty London, Ratso learned early how to spot criminals - eventually turning that skill into being a top detective.

Now he's handed a career-making case: destroy the elusive Boris Zandro's drug-running empire. But the ruthless kingpin has evaded every attempt to arrest him - despite being linked to a dozen murders.

With a huge shipment of drugs due to arrive and no clarity on how Zandro's getting help, the trail to find answers takes Ratso around the world. Along the way, he is helped by troubled Florida detective Kirsty-Ann Webber - but Ratso can't afford to be distracted by his new alluring partner.

Ratso knows the dangers. But if he doesn't stop Zandro, the political fallout - in London, Washington and the rest of the world - will be drastic.
Hard Place was inspired by a true story.

★★★★★ "A brilliant start to meeting Ratso. A story you can believe in"

★★★★★ "Gripping action-packed thriller"
- Peter James - Voted the Best Crime Author of all time.

★★★★★ " Engenders the same get-to-the-end compulsion as does a Harlan Coben crime suspense novel."

★★★★★ "Could not put it down!"

★★★★★ "Wow! What a page turner!... A definite 5-star from me!"

★★★★★ "Gripping"

★★★★★ "Had me racing through it as fast as the breakneck pace of the narrative!"

★★★★★ "Believable yet gripping. Recommended."

★★★★★ "Easy to read and the plot is enthralling!"

★★★★★ "Action with a hint of romance and a smattering of copper's humour gives us a superb novel."

★★★★★ "Great plot, great pace!"

★★★★★ "Fantastic read, great characters, gripping storyline."

★★★★★ "Hard to put down!"

★★★★★ "Roaring success"

★★★★★ "People just love your books ."
- M J Rose - New York Times Best-Selling Author

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781547169542
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/28/2017
Series:	International Crime Thriller Series ( Detective Ratso) , #1
Pages:	410
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born in Glasgow, Scotland but brought up in England, Doug qualified as a lawyer and lived and worked in London and Las Vegas. Alongside this career in law, Doug became a successful writer and is now living back in Europe. Doug has written nine mystery thrillers and four non-fiction works, one of which reached number one. He has contributed to the chart-topping best-selling anthology - Capital Crimes and contributed to a number of other published works. HARD PLACE is the first in a series introducing London detective, Todd "Ratso" Holtom and this the second of the series called DEAD FIX will be published shortly. Soon to follow is DEADLINE VEGAS involving international casino crime. His true-crime book originally called The Brutal Seas but updated and renamed Terror at Sea reached number 5 on Amazon. His three earliest books were a series about Bristol lawyer, Alistair Duncan and are now being published by Endeavour Press of London. The first called CASE FOR COMPENSATION has been published in August 2017. Fiction Dead Fix Hard Place Deadline Vegas Undercurrent The Dallas Dilemma Cellars' Market The Scaffold Villa Plot, Counterplot Case for Compensation Non-Fiction Terror at Sea Insult to Injury Family at Law Roulette, Playing to Win Doug is a member of the Crime Writers' Association in the UK and the International Thriller Writers Inc in the USA.