{"product_id":"the-stakes-by-ben-sanders","title":"The Stakes by Ben Sanders - USED","description":"\u003cbr\u003e'It's easy to see what the fuss is about. Sanders' prose is sharper than a switchblade ... It's like Raymond Chandler, Lee Child and Elmore Leonard rolled into one.' \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRip-offs are a dangerous game, but NYPD robbery detective Miles Keller thinks he's found a good strategy: rip off rich New York criminals and then retire early, before word's out about his true identity. New town, new name, no worries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRetirement can't come soon enough, though. The NYPD is investigating him for the shooting of a hitman named Jack Deen, who was targeting a former police informant who also happened to be Miles's ex-lover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiles thinks shooting hitmen counts as altruism, but in any case a murder charge would make life difficult. He's ready to go to ground, but then Nina Stone reappears in his life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNina is a fellow heist professional and the estranged wife of an LA crime boss. Miles last saw her five years ago, when he was investigating her for bank robbery and looked the other way, for reasons he is still trying to figure out. Since then her life has grown more complicated: her husband wants her back, and he's dispatched his go-to gun thug to play repo man. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComplicating matters is the fact that the gun thug in question is Bobby Deen, cousin of the dead Jack Deen - and Bobby wants vengeance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stakes couldn't be higher, but Nina has an offer that could be lucrative. Maybe Miles can stick around a while longer and get the big payoff he's been waiting for? But luck has a way of running out and soon Miles is in way over his head. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEffortlessly cool, suspenseful as hell and pure reading pleasure, \u003ci\u003eThe Stakes\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Ben Sanders as one of our finest writers of crime fiction.\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781760632755\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43016086126655,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/23714493482814.jpg?v=1773743301","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/the-stakes-by-ben-sanders","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}