Dozens of readers have flooded our inbox with questions about Christopher Reich’s next novel, eager for any and all details about whatever project the author is currently working on. Today, we finally have an answer–and a whole bunch of juicy details that are sure to get readers excited.
First, here’s the good news. Reich’s next book is titled The Take, and it’s already available for pre-order here.
Now for the bad news… The Take isn’t scheduled to land in bookstores until January of next year. But, while the wait is long we do have the official plot details, and they sound really awesome. Check ’em out below!
Simon Riske is one part James Bond and another Jack Reacher. A freelance industrial spy, he lives a mostly quiet life above his auto garage in central London. He is hired to perform the odd job for a bank, an insurance company, or the British Secret Service, when he isn’t expertly stealing a million-dollar watch off the wrist of a crooked Russian oligarch.
Simon has maintained his quiet life by avoiding big, messy jobs; until now. A Corsican by the name of Tino Coluzzi has orchestrated the greatest street heist in Paris history: a visiting Saudi prince and his family had their pockets lightened of millions in cash, and something else. Hidden within a stolen briefcase is a letter that will upend the balance of power in the Western world. The Russians have already killed in an attempt to get it back when the CIA comes knocking at Simon’s door.Coluzzi was a former cohort of Simon’s, in a past life on the narrow, wind-swept streets of Marseille. Their criminal alliance dissolved when Coluzzi sent Simon to prison, and arranged to have him killed. Now it is thief against thief, along with a dangerous Parisian cop, a murderous Russian agent, and her equally unhinged boss.In the grand tradition of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL and THE BOURNE IDENTITY, Christopher Reich’s THE TAKE is a stylish and breathtaking update to the modern spy novel.