The Professionals
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The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen
Four friends, recent college graduates caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it's no joke. For two years, the strategy works like a charm - until they kidnap the wrong man. Now, two groups they've very much wanted to avoid are onto them: the law and an organised crime outfit out for revenge. They crisscross the country in deadly pursuit and after a series of increasingly explosive confrontations, each of them must face the truth: the real professionals, are those willing to sacrifice.
Owen Laukkanen was born in Vancouver. After graduating from university in 2006, he answered an ad on Craigslist for a summer job at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas as a poker tournament reporter for a poker website. At the end of the summer, they offered him a full-time job. You wouldn t think you could make a living at this, but you would be wrong. For the next three years he traveled around the world, reporting from the most luxurious casinos of Monaco and Macau and Australia to the sketchiest card rooms of California and Atlantic City. In 2009, having seen his fill, he quit to concentrate on fiction. He also spends summers as a deckhand on the boats of his father s and his uncle s, both commercial fishermen. He is at work on more novels.
His other Stevens and Windermere novels are The Professionals, Criminal Enterprise, Kill Fee, and The Watcher in the Wall. The Professionals was nominated for the Barry Award and the International Thriller Writers Award for best first novel, as well as the Spinetingler Award for Best Novel: New Voice. Criminal Enterprise was nominated for the ITW Award for best novel. Both books, as well as Kill Fee, appeared on several best-of-the-year lists.
His other Stevens and Windermere novels are The Professionals, Criminal Enterprise, Kill Fee, and The Watcher in the Wall. The Professionals was nominated for the Barry Award and the International Thriller Writers Award for best first novel, as well as the Spinetingler Award for Best Novel: New Voice. Criminal Enterprise was nominated for the ITW Award for best novel. Both books, as well as Kill Fee, appeared on several best-of-the-year lists.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780399157899 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399157891 |
| Title | The Professionals |
| Author | Owen Laukkanen |
| Series | Stevens And Windermere Novel Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. |
| Year published | 2012-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 378 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Anthony Awards (First Novel) 2013, Short-listed for Thriller Awards (First Novel) 2013 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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