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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
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English
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Thriller / suspense fiction
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CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE

Owen Laukkanen

Carter Tomlin was a family man. He had a big house, a pretty wife and daughter, and a good job—until he lost the last one, and faced the possibility of losing the first two. That’s when he robbed his first bank—and discovered that he liked it: liked the money, the power, the thrills.

As Tomlin begins to cut a swathe through the banks around Minneapolis, FBI Special Agent Carla Windermere gets a scent of his trail from one direction, and Minnesota state investigator Kirk Stevens follows it from another. After their first case together, neither of them is sure they should be teaming up again—and neither has any idea of the sheer mayhem that is about to erupt, or how close it will come to their lives.

Owen Laukkanen is the author of The Professionals and is at work on future books. He lives in Vancouver.

Available products
Book Published 2013-03-01 by Putnam
Book Published 2013-03-01 by Putnam

Comments

The hard-boiled narrative moves at a quick clip

His are action-packed stories that also are contemporary cautionary tales. Laukkanen also gives a vivid look at amorality, entitlement and consequences.

The Professionals was highly and rightly praised...Criminal Enterprise is even better. Laukkanen has a plot line built on the death of the American Dream.

Criminal Enterprise showcases Laukkanen’s original storytelling. We can’t wait to find out which everyman-turned-criminal Carla and Kirk tangle with next.

Laukkanen, one of the best thriller writers to emerge in the wake of the Great Recession, has a keen understanding of what readers expect in a crime thriller. His pace is relentless, and he shifts expertly between his characters’ perspectives, short chapter by short chapter, as he hurls readers toward an inevitably explosive finale.

If you’ve ever wanted to write a terrific crime novel, Criminal Enterprise could well be the blueprint. Read more...

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The pace is quick, the plot is intricate, and the stakes start out high and increase exponentially over the course of the tale…Laukkanen’s crowning achievement here, though, may well be his character work. Not only does he do a fantastic job of establishing the motivations of his characters.

Laukkanen has clearly avoided the sophomore slump, deftly alternating taut narratives and building toward a grand climax that’s completely organic to the story.

Fans of crime thrillers shouldn’t miss this one or anything else with Laukkanen’s name on the cover. The writing is so crisp, the pages almost want to turn themselves. He’s a terrific storyteller.

Criminal Enterprise" is a bloody good thriller! Read more...