Every Day Above Ground, Glen Erik Hamilton
Every Day Above Ground, Glen Erik Hamilton
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Every Day Above Ground
A Van Shaw Novel

Author: Glen Erik Hamilton

Narrator: R.C. Bray

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/10/2018


Synopsis

A favor for a dying ex-con turns into a violent battle against a mysterious enemy for Van Shaw in this emotionally powerful and gritty thriller from the award-winning author of Past Crimes and Hard Cold Winter.It sounds like a thief’s dream to Van Shaw: A terminally ill ex-con tells him of an easy fortune in gold, abandoned and nearly forgotten after its original owner died in prison. For the dying man, the money is a legacy to ensure his preteen daughter’s future. For Van, the gold is cash he desperately needs to rebuild his destroyed family home.The grandson of a career criminal who taught him all the tricks of his trade, Van suspects that nothing is ever that easy. Sure enough, the safe holding the fortune is a trap—set by a mysterious player armed with tremendous resources and a lifetime of hatred. Now, Shaw’s partner is in the clutches of the hunters, and the former army ranger may be their next prey. But when the ex-con’s innocent daughter is threatened too, Van’s own hard childhood means he can’t let her come to harm.To discover who has them in the cross hairs, Shaw must seek out the hunters’ real prey. His quest leads him from an underground bare-knuckle fighting ring, which may be fronting a darker purpose, to a massive pop-culture convention, where Van and his allies, Hollis and Corcoran, play a dangerous game with foes on every side. It also introduces Van to a brash and beautiful aspiring journalist who poses a whole different kind of personal risk.For years, Van Shaw has tried to live every day above ground, on the right side of the law, even though crime is his gift . . . and in his blood. If he survives the coming storm, he’ll have to decide what he wants—and whether he can live as an outlaw without sacrificing his honor.

About Glen Erik Hamilton

A native of Seattle, GLEN ERIK HAMILTON was raised aboard a sailboat and grew up around the marinas and commercial docks and islands of the Pacific Northwest. His novels have won the Anthony, Macavity, and Strand Critics awards, and have been nominated for the Edgar, Barry, and Nero awards. After living for many years in Southern California, he and his family have recently returned to the Emerald City and its beautiful overcast skies.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James

Van Shaw is an ex-Army Ranger and the grandson of a career criminal who taught him all the tricks of the trade. But Shaw is trying to stay on the straight and narrow these days. He's working a part-time job and attempting to rebuild the family home in Seattle. Money is tight, though; taxes are due,......more

Goodreads review by Glen

Another great book in the Van Shaw series. Van is minding his own business when an acquaintance of his grandfather's comes to him with a plan. There is an unguarded safe, in a building about to be torn down, with a fortune of gold inside. It sounds easy, too easy. It sounds too good to be true, and o......more

Goodreads review by Mark

Former army ranger Van Shaw is in desperate need of money, so when one of his late grandfather’s former associates, Mickey, comes with a story of long forgotten gold, it is too much for Van to resist. Teaming up with Mickey, Van goes to the abandoned office where the gold is only to find they’ve wal......more

Goodreads review by Vontel

3rd book in this series, first one I have encountered. Well worth reading, and I'm tempted to go back and read the first two to get the full stories; the results and effects of which are mentioned in this book without the background information. The author has used the technique of interweaving two......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Discovering this author has been one of my highlights of the past few years. Thanks to “best of books” lists, I read Past Crimes and was hooked. Van Shaw is a wonderful creation, a former army ranger and the grandson of a safe cracker, he struggles to stay on the right side of the law. When one of hi......more