{"id":329,"date":"2018-04-19T09:33:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T09:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2020-09-20T15:06:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T15:06:49","slug":"dead-north-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/?page_id=329","title":{"rendered":"DEAD NORTH – SAM WILLIAMS #1 – now available in Audiobook format"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two dead cops and a suspect who won\u2019t talk.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cintelligent, intricately woven”<\/i>\u00a0– S.E. Lynes
\n\u201cIt’s going to leave me with a thriller hangover for some time.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0– John Marrs
\n\u201ca white-knuckle, breathlessly-paced read that also has heart.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0– Louise Beech
\n\u201cA pacy thriller, rich in voice and with gratifying degree of complexity.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0– John Bowen<\/p>\n

Once the brightest star in the legal firmament, Sam Williams has hit rock bottom, with barely a client to his name and a short-term cash problem that’s looking longer by the minute. So when he’s summoned to Manchester to help a friend crack a case involving the murder of two unarmed police officers and a suspect who won’t say a word, he jumps at the chance to resurrect his career.<\/p>\n

In Manchester he’ll struggle against resentful locals, an enigmatic defence lawyer who thinks he’s stepping on her toes, beatings, corrupt cops and people who’ll do anything to protect their secrets. On its streets, he\u2019ll see people die. But it’s in the hills and valleys further north that Sam will face the biggest challenge of all: learning who he really is and facing down the ghosts of his past.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s working someone else\u2019s case and he\u2019s in way over his head. But sometimes you need the wrong man in the right place.<\/i><\/p>\n

Find it on Amazon\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Praise for\u00a0DEAD NORTH<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIn Dead North, Hames\u2019 lawyer turned accidental sleuth, Sam Williams, finds himself far from home and neck deep in Manchester\u2019s seamy gangster scene. But what stands out in this intelligent, intricately woven crime procedural – with a plot to make your brain hurt – is the undercurrent of slick and highly enjoyable humour reminiscent of Raymond Chandler, updated for the twenty-first century. Loved it.\u201d<\/i>
\nS.E. Lynes, author of\u00a0Mother, Valentina<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Pact<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoyed it. The characters spring of the page with such natural ease. I was gripped by the story \u2013 I love a book that takes turns where you least expect. It’s going to leave me with a thriller hangover for some time.\u201d<\/i>
\nJohn Marrs, author of\u00a0The One, The Good Samaritan<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0When You Disappeared<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cHames is such a talent that he has created a white-knuckle, breathlessly-paced read that also has heart. Beautifully written and thrilling, Dead North deserves to go to the top of any chart.\u201d<\/i>
\nLouise Beech, author of\u00a0Maria in the Moon, How To Be Brave<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Mountain in my Shoe<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cA pacy thriller, rich in voice and with gratifying degree of complexity. Hames knows how to deliver.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

John Bowen, author of\u00a0Where the Dead Walk, Vessel<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Death Stalks Kettle Street<\/i>
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Two dead cops and a suspect who won\u2019t talk. \u201cintelligent, intricately woven”\u00a0– S.E. Lynes \u201cIt’s going to leave me with a thriller hangover for some time.\u201d\u00a0– John Marrs \u201ca white-knuckle, breathlessly-paced read that also has heart.\u201d\u00a0– Louise Beech \u201cA pacy thriller, rich in voice and with gratifying degree of complexity.\u201d\u00a0–\u2026 Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-329","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6jnN2-5j","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joelhamesauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}