Ryan David Jahn – författare

The next thrilling novel from the bestselling author of The Dispatcher.

‘A one-sitting, fist-in-mouth read’ – The GuardianThe phone rings. It’s your daughter. She’s been dead for four months.Ian Hunt is the police dispatcher for the small town of Bulls Mouth, East Texas. Just as his shift is ending, he gets a call from his fourteen-year-old daughter, Maggie.Maggie, who has just been declared dead, having been snatched from her bedroom seven years ago. Her call ends in a scream.The trail leads to a local couple, but this is just the start of his battle to get his daughter back. What follows is a bullet-strewn cross-country chase along Interstate 10, from Texas to California.Soon to be adapted by Apple TV+, The Dispatcher is a darkly propulsive, action-fueled crime thriller from Ryan David Jahn – the acclaimed author of Acts of Violence and Low Life – about the lengths a man will go to for his daughter.Perfect for fans of Lee Child and Taken.Praise for The Dispatcher‘Talk about page-turning’ – Daily Mirror ‘The author leads the new noir pack’ – Financial Times‘If you only read one book tomorrow, make it this one’ – GQ‘A breathless, bloody chase all the way to California’ – The Sunday Telegraph

Ian Hunt is the police dispatcher for the small town of Bulls Mouth, East Texas. Just as his shift is ending he gets a call from his fourteen-year-old daughter, Maggie.Maggie, who has just been declared dead, having been snatched from her bedroom seven years ago. Her call ends in a scream.The trail leads to a local couple, but this is just the start of his battle to get his daughter back. What follows is a bullet-strewn cross-country chase along Interstate 10, from Texas to California.The riveting new novel from the acclaimed author of Acts of Violence and Low Life is a brilliantly original, blood drenched thriller, about the lengths a man will go to for his daughter.

Los Angeles, 1952After thirteen-year-old Sandy Duncan shoots his stepfather and carves a symbol from a comic book into the corpse’s forehead, district attorney Seymour Markley launches a grand jury investigation into the murder, one that could implicate east-coast crime boss James Manning.Also in the frame is the comic book’s creator, Eugene Dahl. When threatening notes appear nailed to his front door, he is lured to a downtown hotel where one of the men who could bring down James Manning, is being held.There, Eugene finds the witness murdered, as well as the police officer charged with protecting him, and all fingers point to Eugene.Forced to go on the run, Eugene devises a plan that involves deeds far worse than anything he’s been accused of . . .'There is no doubt of Jahn's writing talent . . . existential and surreal' The Times