{"product_id":"hard-stuff-book-david-gordon-9781838933104","title":"The Hard Stuff","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe hotly anticipated sequel to David Gordon's \u003ci\u003eThe Bouncer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who like high-calibre humour mixed with their hard crime, here's a brilliant, pyrotechnic thriller from a fresh virtuoso of the crime caper genre. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEx-black-ops-specialist-turned-strip-club-bouncer Joe Brody has a new qualification to add to his resume: he's the 'sheriff' for an alliance of New York City's mob bosses. In the straight world, you call the cops – \u003cb\u003ein the underworld, you call Joe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's detoxing – too much of the hard stuff – at the clinic of a Chinese herbalist when the call comes in: the bosses need Joe to help them with – ironically – a high-end heroin problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new drug dealer is in town and the bosses think they might be an \u003cb\u003eAl Quaeda splinter group\u003c\/b\u003e, trading dope for diamonds to fund a major-league terrorist atrocity. And that would just be bad for business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe has a plan.\u003c\/b\u003e He's a man who knows how to take down a terrorist cell. But first he needs a hit of the hard stuff – diamonds, this time – and lots of them...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Bouncer\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e'Clever plotting and a light-hearted tone add charm to this lively caper despite its multiple violent deaths ... Lots of fun' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Bouncer\u003c\/i\u003e will toss you over his shoulder like King Kong and carry you away' \u003cb\u003eMAX ALLAN COLLINS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'David Gordon brings an outstanding new voice to the contemporary crime novel' \u003cb\u003eROBERT CRAIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49620396081425,"sku":"GOR010332065","price":4.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51532442927377,"sku":"GOR014318850","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":67640356274449,"sku":"GOR013485970","price":4.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1838933107.jpg?v=1751426443","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/hard-stuff-book-david-gordon-9781838933104","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}