The Repo
Apr 2014 · The Jack Merchant & Sarah Ballard Novels Book 1 · Open Road Media
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A down-on-his-luck ex-DEA agent tries to find a missing yacht—and the rich couple who were aboard it: “The action is explosive. . . . An excellent series debut.” —Booklist
Ex-DEA agent Jack Merchant is living out his precarious retirement on the docks of Charlestown, Mass., surrounded by the revenge-minded dealers and punks he used to put away. All he’s got is his sloop, Lila, but soon enough he gets a visit from the repo man. Except the repo man’s a woman, Sarah Ballard. Her proposition: They’ve got a week to track down a rich couple who’ve disappeared with their yacht. Find it, and Merchant can keep his boat. The trouble is, they’re not the only ones looking . . . A dark tale with enough kinks and twists to keep you guessing to the last page, The Repo is the first book in the “powerful new series” of crime thrillers (Publishers Weekly).
“[Eidson’s] dialogue has the ring of overheard conversation, and we feel the breeze and smell the sea air as his characters pursue their prey.” —The Boston Globe
“The boat’s disappearance and the demons from the past that possess both detectives merge beautifully, creating a convincing landscape of deception and self-doubt.” —The Washington Post
“Eidson makes [Sarah Ballard’s] toughness and coldness inevitable and convincing. There are also some unusually interesting minor players and assorted villains, as well as several original and violent moments of action, many at sea.” —Chicago Tribune
Ex-DEA agent Jack Merchant is living out his precarious retirement on the docks of Charlestown, Mass., surrounded by the revenge-minded dealers and punks he used to put away. All he’s got is his sloop, Lila, but soon enough he gets a visit from the repo man. Except the repo man’s a woman, Sarah Ballard. Her proposition: They’ve got a week to track down a rich couple who’ve disappeared with their yacht. Find it, and Merchant can keep his boat. The trouble is, they’re not the only ones looking . . . A dark tale with enough kinks and twists to keep you guessing to the last page, The Repo is the first book in the “powerful new series” of crime thrillers (Publishers Weekly).
“[Eidson’s] dialogue has the ring of overheard conversation, and we feel the breeze and smell the sea air as his characters pursue their prey.” —The Boston Globe
“The boat’s disappearance and the demons from the past that possess both detectives merge beautifully, creating a convincing landscape of deception and self-doubt.” —The Washington Post
“Eidson makes [Sarah Ballard’s] toughness and coldness inevitable and convincing. There are also some unusually interesting minor players and assorted villains, as well as several original and violent moments of action, many at sea.” —Chicago Tribune
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31 January 2016
A good read well written
About the author
Bill Eidson’s critically acclaimed thrillers are never too far from the sea, influenced by his growing up and living in New England. From the dive instructor in The Little Brother who slowly discovers his new housemate is a psychopath, to the ex-DEA agent in The Mayday hired to find two children everyone else believes were lost at sea, Eidson’s fast-paced novels involve ordinary people who cross courses with the violent among us all. Eidson’s books are not only page-turners, but his characters, both the heroic and the vicious, come fully to life.
His novels have been favorably reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Herald, the Providence Journal, and Entertainment Weekly, and have received starred reviews in KirkusReviews and Publishers Weekly. He has received praise from authors such as Robert B. Parker and Peter Straub, and he has been compared to Elmore Leonard. The Boston Globe’s review of One Bad Thing said, “Eidson writes a tough, direct prose edged with irony, and he may well be a successor, at last, to the much-missed John D. MacDonald.” Three of Eidson’s books have been optioned for movies and translated for foreign rights. A Kirkus Reviews line about The Mayday sums it up for all of Eidson’s work: “Here’s crime fiction the way it’s supposed to be.” To learn more about Bill’s freelance writing and his books, go to www.billeidson.com.
His novels have been favorably reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Herald, the Providence Journal, and Entertainment Weekly, and have received starred reviews in KirkusReviews and Publishers Weekly. He has received praise from authors such as Robert B. Parker and Peter Straub, and he has been compared to Elmore Leonard. The Boston Globe’s review of One Bad Thing said, “Eidson writes a tough, direct prose edged with irony, and he may well be a successor, at last, to the much-missed John D. MacDonald.” Three of Eidson’s books have been optioned for movies and translated for foreign rights. A Kirkus Reviews line about The Mayday sums it up for all of Eidson’s work: “Here’s crime fiction the way it’s supposed to be.” To learn more about Bill’s freelance writing and his books, go to www.billeidson.com.
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