The Recruit
'Everything a great thriller should be' Lee Child
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'Superbly realised. You'll go a long way before you find a better-written thriller this year' THE TIMES
Breathtaking . . . filled with twists and turns'JEFFERY DEAVER
*Featured on The Times' Best Summer Reading of 2022*
*Featured on Crimereads' Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2022!*
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A small town. A deadly secret.
A race against an invisible killer . . .
Southern California, 1987. Rancho Santa Elena might look like paradise, but a series of violent hate crimes are disturbing the peace. When Detective Benjamin Wade starts investigating, it becomes clear that the locals are hiding a secret - one they'll die to protect.
With forensic expert Natasha Betencourt at his side, Ben uncovers a mysterious gang of youths involved in the town's growing white power movement. What he doesn't know is that they are part of something much bigger - a silent organisation of terror who are luring young men in using new technology.
Ben zeroes in on the gang's freshest young recruit, hoping he will lead him to the mastermind of the operation. But as he digs deeper, he is forced to confront uncomfortable truths about himself and his community. And as Ben comes closer to discovering the truth, the killer is drawing closer to Ben. . .
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Praise for Alan Drew
'Everything a great thriller should be' LEE CHILD
'A vivid portrait of a seedy world' GRAHAM MOORE
'Revises the old detective story and turns it in several fascinating directions' COLUM MCCANN
'A clarity and wisdom reminiscent of Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch' DAILY MAIL
'Smart, chilling, and impossible to put down' WILLIAM LANDAY
'The sort of magically absorbing novel that keeps you turning the pages and checking the locks on the door' LAUREN GRODSTEIN
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 1987, Drew's devastating sequel to 2017's Shadow Man finds police detective Ben Wade responding to an emergency call in Rancho Santa Elena, a planned community south of Los Angeles. Ben drives to a nearby home, where he finds a distraught mother holding a small boy who's not breathing. Ben manages to get the boy breathing again and drives him to the hospital, where it's determined he accidentally ingested rat poison. The heinous intent of the near-lethal incident becomes apparent after the body of the child's missing dog is found in connection with a hate crime targeting a Vietnamese grocery store owner and his family. Ben's girlfriend, forensic expert Natasha Betencourt, becomes involved after discovering evidence linking the murder of real estate developer Walter Brennan with the crime scenes of other targeted racial attacks. Ben believes Brennan's killing was in retaliation for his leasing properties to immigrants, whom some view as a threat. Ben and Natasha soon get on the trail of a growing white supremacist movement. Drew takes a nuanced approach in tackling the conflicts of gentrification. This socially complex police procedural, with its issues that remain all too relevant today, deserves a wide audience.