Northern Heist

”As authentic as a jar of Guinness and as real as an exit wound. A fast-paced, uppercut of a novel.” — Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of Where It Hurts “Full of double and triple-crosses … Northern Heist’s deeds and details seem as real as a smashed kneecap, while its stopwatch tension, heightened by present-tense voice, is reminiscent of such classic caper films as ‘Rififi’ and ‘The Asphalt Jungle.”—Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal ”O’Rawe channels both Elmore Leonard and Guy Ritchie in this heist thriller full of sharp twists and gritty dialogue, emerging with a style all his own. His reimagining of the real-life bank heist feels so authentic readers will hope he has a strong alibi. Ken Bruen fans won’t want to miss this one.” —PW starred review “A rollicking, colourful account.” — The Guardian “Gripping … A hugely impressive and skillfully crafted debut novel … Its dialogue is sharp and venomous … O’Rawe’s confidence as a storyteller takes off as the heist begins, dropping you in all kinds of damned places.” — The Irish times “A real page-turner with a polish unusual in a debut.” — The Belfast Telegraph “A cunningly plotted thriller.” — The Independent (Ireland)

Richard O’Rawe is a former IRA operative who was imprisoned in the Long Kesh penitentiary during the 1981 hunger strike by prisoners, which resulted in the death of ten prisoners. O’Rawe was the IRA’s press officer for the prisoners. He would later go on to write a bestselling book about the experience, Blanketmen- An Untold Story of the H-Block Hunger Strike, as well as several other books inspired by his experiences in the IRA. Northern Heist is his first novel, and first in the “Ructions O’Hare” series, followed most recently by Goering’s Gold.

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