David Gordon 
The Hard Stuff 

The hotly anticipated sequel to David Gordon »s
The Bouncer.


For 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.



Ex-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 –
in the underworld, you call Joe.



He »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.



A new drug dealer is in town and the bosses think they might be an
Al Quaeda splinter group , trading dope for diamonds to fund a major-league terrorist atrocity. And that would just be bad for business.




Joe has a plan. 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…

Praise for
The Bouncer:

 »Clever plotting and a light-hearted tone add charm to this lively caper despite its multiple violent deaths… Lots of fun »
SUNDAY TIMES



 »
The Bouncer will toss you over his shoulder like King Kong and carry you away »
MAX ALLAN COLLINS



 »David Gordon brings an outstanding new voice to the contemporary crime novel »
ROBERT CRAIS