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Privateers will grab you by the collar and won’t let you go . . . . it thrusts you into the real world and makes you look hard at its beauty and its heartbreak.
—Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author

Privateers rocks from beginning to explosive end.
—Robert Dugoni, bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite series

A wonderful story from a master storyteller.
—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series

Spellbinding . . . Charlie Newton is a wordsmith extraordinaire who writes like a poet.
—Todd Merer, author of The Extraditionist

Award Nominations

Edgar® Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
UK Crime Writers’ Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller
International Thriller Writers Association Thriller Award
Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel
American Library Association Best Crime Novel Debut