{"product_id":"hard-stuff-1","title":"Hard Stuff","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe hotly anticipated sequel to David Gordon''s \u003ci\u003eThe Bouncer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEx-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 – \u003cb\u003ein the underworld, you call Joe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe''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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new drug dealer is in town and the bosses think they might be an \u003cb\u003eAl Quaeda splinter group\u003c\/b\u003e, trading dope for diamonds to fund a major-league terrorist atrocity. And that would just be bad for business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe has a plan.\u003c\/b\u003e 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...\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Bouncer\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e''Clever plotting and a light-hearted tone add charm to this lively caper despite its multiple violent deaths... Lots of fun'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eThe Bouncer\u003c\/i\u003e will toss you over his shoulder like King Kong and carry you away'' \u003cb\u003eMAX ALLAN COLLINS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''David Gordon brings an outstanding new voice to the contemporary crime novel'' \u003cb\u003eROBERT CRAIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316304683390,"sku":"NW9781838933128","price":9.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781838933128.jpg?v=1778718313","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/hard-stuff-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}