In Hobbs’ vision, corruption is endemic to Macau’s culture both above- and underground (much of the action takes place at the Tammany Hall Casino), so Jack’s calculating, I-got-this demeanor makes him the good guy, and Hobbs humanizes him a bit by filling out some of his back story with Angela, his mentor, lover, and “jugmarker” (heist mastermind).
All of that comes into play in this hyperactive Macau-set thriller, which turns on a yacht making a delivery of sapphires when a sniper working for Jack’s boss decides to claim the gems for himself-and discovers an “object” on the boat that’s worth millions. As a kind of secret agent for the big-money-heist set, he knows his way around smuggling, killing, and secret identities. “I don’t just make problems disappear, I can make anything disappear,” declares Jack, the cool hero of Hobbs’ second novel.
The brilliant criminal mind of Hobbs’ debut, Ghostman (2013), returns to stake his claim to some precious gems-and potentially bigger game.
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