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The Recruiter

A Rick Carter Novel

by Gregg Podolski
Jamie Renell
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An action-packed debut from Gregg Podolski, The Recruiter is a thrilling and unique adventure through the European underworld.

When bad guys need good help, they call Rick Carter.

He's a criminal recruiter, searching for contract killers, hackers, gun smugglers, and any other assorted villains-for-hire a European crime boss might need. But, when the family he left behind in New Jersey is caught up in a client's plot to monopolize the black market, Rick has to save them from two of his own top candidates: deadly assassins known only as Ghost and The Persian.

Fixing his own mess will require a set of skills he doesn't have—not a problem, as finding qualified help is where he excels. But stepping into action, becoming the hero his family needs, that's new territory. For a man who's spent the last ten years being the best at helping the worst, this may be his last chance to do something right.

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  • Release date

    July 23, 2024

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9798212021395
      • File size: 257768 KB
      • Duration: 08:57:00

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 6, 2024
      Podolski debuts with a tense crime drama centered on Rick Carter, a recruiter of expert criminals who must save his family after a job goes sideways. Rick’s troubles begin when a Belgian mob boss named Trish threatens to kill him if he refuses to oversee hits on six law enforcement officers across the globe. Reluctantly, Rick gets to work, but he’s jolted when he realizes that one of the targets—a Philadelphia police detective—is his ex-wife’s new husband. Refusing to help kill his children’s stepfather, Rick tries to back out, and Trish makes good on her promise, unleashing two assassins to hunt him down. That sends Rick on a mad dash to protect the family he abandoned in New Jersey 10 years earlier, and he draws on his network of nefarious associates to throw his pursuers off the trail. Though some of Rick’s hand-wringing grows maudlin, for the most part Podolski nails it on his first go-round, delivering a page-turner with sharp dialogue and a memorable protagonist. Here’s hoping readers hear more from Rick soon. Agent: Daniel Milaschewski, UTA.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This audiobook's high action, espionage, solid characters, and well-paced story are enhanced by Jamie Renell's expert narration. Rick Carter is a recruiter of criminals--most notably, hit men. Now, his latest job hits a little too close to home. As he tries to protect his family, a powerful group closes in on him. Renell shines in the multitude of voices he creates for those who surround Carter, a tough guy with a sense of morality. A German woman has a thick accent, a British woman receives a slight upper-crust tone, a Philadelphia detective takes on a hard-edged, impatient voice, and more. Major and minor characters come alive in a riveting story that leads to a great cliff-hanger. M.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
    • Kirkus

      June 15, 2024
      A highly successful middleman who arranges contract killings is put on the spot when his latest success leads to a contract he really doesn't want. Rick Carter--not his real name, of course--is the man you call when you have a problem that requires a violent and decisive solution. Since drifting into this work years ago to support his wife, Denise, and their children, Maggie and Ethan, he's brokered many successful arrangements between clients and hit men before and after abandoning the family he could no longer shield from the consequences of his lucrative practice. When his latest success--a double murder committed by rising star Ian Matthews at the request of mid-tier crime boss Leon White--brings him to the attention of bent Interpol operative Patricia Baum, he's flattered but unwilling to arrange the deaths of six members of an international task force on trafficking: two from the FBI, two from MI5, and two from Mossad. Trish, who doesn't care about his scruples, presses him to the breaking point, and he's soon engaged Ghost and The Persian, a pair of seasoned professionals, to join Ian, allotting them two targets apiece. The situation abruptly gets more complicated when Ian calls to tell Rick that Trish has quietly added a third target to his list: Robert Baglioni, a Philadelphia homicide detective who's engaged to Denise. So Rick bands together with his old friend Joey Walls, a well-connected seller of drugs and guns, and Erica Krieg, an aspiring assassin who's been drummed out of the German Special Forces, to protect Rob and the family he's convinced are in the sights of the A-list killers he's just hired. Enough action, killing, twists, and betrayals for a whole season of quality TV.

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