Safe
17 May 2018Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Set in LA against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crash, this is the story of Rudy Reyes (a.k.a. Glasses), a gangster-turned-double-agent who wants out of the high-stakes high-risk life criminal life, and Ricky Mendoza, Junior (a.k.a. Ghost), a DEA safe-cracker with terminal cancer who's got nothing to lose. When Ghost goes rogue and steals thousands of dollars from...
Details
17 May 2018288 pages
9781509843787Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A thrilling heist novel with a big beating heartPaula Hawkins, author of Girl on the train
Without glamorizing his subject, there’s a lyricism in the vernacular and street language that makes it hard not to be movedGQ
Safe is an immensely satisfying crime thriller, but it is also a deeply moving novel about one flawed man’s attempt to create good in a corrupt world. Ryan Gattis has a great ear for the patois of the street, and he reminds us that in 21stcentury America the worst predators often wear suits and work in offices.Ron Rash, author of Serena
SAFE is a propulsive thriller that confirms Ryan Gattis as one of our most gifted novelists. The book has unstoppable momentum yet is as finely layered and detailed with the gritty truth of life and the streets as I’ve ever read. It shoots you down a path that is fraught with surprise and insight, and you can’t ask for more than that.Michael Connelly, creator of the Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller series.
