Privateers
by Charlie Newton
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Pub Date Mar 31 2020 | Archive Date Mar 30 2020
Girl Friday Productions | Black Type Press
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Description
Three fierce women. A ghost ship’s treasure. And a bone-chilling Caribbean warlord.
WWI rages. U.S. Marines storm Haiti’s Banque Nationale, loot $26 million in gold, then vanish . A century later, clues surface during the demolition of a Chicago racetrack, pointing to the Corazón Santo—the malevolent triangle of Havana, Kingston, and Port-au-Prince. Three fierce, vibrant women reunite to hunt the treasure, hoping it will buy their survival from past entanglements. They conscript a streetwise Chicago horseplayer’s help, then risk a return into the blood-drenched Caribbean jungle that has tried to kill them before. The uneasy partners are quickly swallowed in a terrifying labyrinth of shadow government and modern-day piracy where a final choice will be forced upon them: gold, survival, or redemption?
Privateers is recommended for fans of Nelson DeMille’s The Cuban Affair, Nora Roberts’s The Reef, Clive Cussler’s Sea of Greed, and Wayne Stinnett’s Rising Water.
Charlie Newton is a Chicago native, a writer known for a global life on the road and extended MIA absences. When he does publish, Newton’s heart-pounding, gritty, and witty realism has been a starred-review favorite of the critics and a finalist for the Edgar, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, the Macavity, and the International Thriller Writers awards. Newton is the author of Calumet City (Simon & Schuster, 2008), Start Shooting (Doubleday, 2012), and Traitor’s Gate (Thomas & Mercer, 2015).
“Fierce . . . terrific . . . down and dirty.”
—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times
“Shocking, indelible, and brutal; alternating with strange beauty and desperate tenderness.”
—Kevin Nance, Chicago Sun-Times
“Blazing . . . Life in the wrong lane!”
—Alan Cheuse, Los Angeles Times / Chicago Tribune
A Note From the Publisher
Author is available to participate in all inquiries, interviews, discussions, blog tours, etc.
Advance Praise
"Newton is the real deal. I'll read anything he writes." —New York Times bestselling author Lee Child
"Privateers rocks from beginning to explosive end. " —Robert Dugoni, #1 Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite series
“Not a stone left unturned, nor a word wasted, or a dull page to be found. A wonderful story from a master storyteller." –Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series
"Privateers will grab you by the collar and won’t let you go until Charlie Newton gives the nod. Rarely have I read a book so absorbing, so sharply written, so filled with action that it thrusts you into the real world and makes you look hard at its beauty and its heartbreak. —Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of Get Capone
“A spellbinding tale of three strong women fighting to survive in the hunt for a lost treasure in the deadly swamps and jungles of the Corazon Santo, the holy heart of the Caribbean triangle between Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica. Charlie Newton is a wordsmith extraordinaire who writes like a poet.“ —Todd Merer, author of The Extraditionist
“Privateers hits the ground running and builds to hurricane-level intensity. In the midst of this white-knuckle thriller, Newton shows how the West perpetuates many of the third-world evils it claims to want to cure.” –Andrew Diamond, award-winning author of Impala
“There’s a search for gold in the plot of Privateers, but the real gold is Newton’s writing. Riffs conjure Hunter Thompson or James Ellroy, but Newton owns them all. Words shimmer off Caribbean waters as the story dodges, feints, and streaks to the next turn.” –Kirk Russell, author of Dead Game
Marketing Plan
- Advance review and launch campaign in collaboration with social influencers
- Targeted social media advertising, Goodreads activation, enewsletter activation
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781734436808 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Victoria R, Reviewer
Thank you to NetGalley, Girl Friday Productions, and Black Type Press for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
This is one of those types of thrillers in which I couldn't stop reading, it was full of action, excitement, and mistery. It surprised me because it's the first book I read by Charlie Newton, it didn't disappoint me at all. The story starts with a crime that happened a long time ago, there was a lawyer from the University of Chicago and someone from London Day College. These two characters were participating in a dangerous mission that did not end very well. Years later Bill Owens will have the mission of finding Susie Devereux who apparently has a connection to what happened years ago, rumours indicate there is a treasure in Haiti. The treasure hunt turns out to be very exciting. Furthermore, Bill will have to travel to the Sacred Heart and also be very careful who he talks to because he's not the only one involved in this quest. I really enjoyed this thriller, especially the description of the places where Bill was visiting. Good book.
Amy C, Reviewer
I want to start off by saying thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book, it was a very good read easy to follow along with storyline and characters. This was a new author for me but I very much enjoyed it, thank you for the opportunity and I look forward to reading more by this author again. I highly recommend this book to everybody.
Laura Jay - BookClubReporter - S, Reviewer
Wow! This is my first read written by Charlie Newton. And if you haven’t already noticed, Privateers has some very impressive advanced praise.
I found myself immediately drawn into this gripping story, described by the publisher as: “Three fierce women. A ghost ship’s treasure. And a bone-chilling Caribbean warlord.”
Privateers presents readers with a fascinating mystery. This is action-packed thriller, captivated me right from the start. An alarmingly fierce and ruthless thriller novel, Privateers was impossible to put down. And despite the brutal and ruthless nature of the story, there are also essential elements of sensitivity and kindness.
Paul V, Reviewer
A solid mystery story. It's not a light story, but it's told effectively and memorably. The author has a good imagination, and this kept me mostly engaged; and includes well written characters and an unpredictable plot. Recommended for mystery fans.
Thanks very much for the ARC for review!!
Jan T, Reviewer
thriller, snark-fest, noir, action-adventure, testosterone-fest, mystery*****
"...the West side of Chicago is no more difficult to navigate than Beirut during a cease-fire."
You didn't think I'd start off with some of the more graphic descriptions of the actions of the privateers or Santeria acolytes in chapter one, did you? This is the start of chapter two and a good indication of the noir factors and the kind of snarky descriptions of other things, like the visits to Haiti and Cuba.
On the other hand, our protagonist gets himself into a whole lotta trouble because he needs money for the Grossfeld's Flyers, an ice hockey team made up of Down's Syndrome players.
It's a great read, and if you are as off center as me, you'll want to keep hot drinks away while reading it.
I requested an received a free ebook copy from Girl Friday Productions and Black Type Press via NetGalley. Thank you!
Andres K, Reviewer
Indiana Jones is alive and well, if more scabrous, and he is in cahoots with two beautiful deadly women … Charlie Newton is one of the most propulsive, immersive thriller writers in town and in "Privateers," he embraces and updates the mystery quest idea, with wonderful results. Bill Owens, a Chicago hustler of knockdown character and a hidden heart of gold, becomes enmeshed in a quest, using clues from lines of hidden doggerel, to track down a ransom's fortune of gold looted from Haiti a century ago. A pell-mell plot careens through the Caribbean towards a finale that grows, incredibly, ever more fraught. Newton inhabits his characters, the exotic locales spring to life, and the dialogue is a treat. There is an element of those boys' own adventures from my childhood but it's such a pleasure to surrender to the pleasures of "Privateers" for an evening or two. Grab this and hold on for the ride.
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