Mad Dogs

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James Grady revolutionised thrillers with his first novel Six Days of the Condor. Now Grady breaks out of all genre limitations with Mad Dogs, a stunning novel launched from a totally original creation: the CIA's secret insane asylum for retired agents. Five deranged CIA killers, all of them dependent on meds, are forced to break out of the woods of Maine where they're stationed when someone kills their psychiatrist. Like the central character of Motherless Brooklyn, they operate under somewhat skewed perceptions of the real world...

James Grady is the author of the best-selling thriller Six Days of the Condor. He is the recipient of the Grand Prix Du Roman Noir (France), Raymond Chandler Award (Italy), and was an Edgar-nominee in the U.S. A Washington D.C. resident, Grady is known for the verisimilitude and investigative authenticity of his work, as well as its thrilling entertainment. Grady has been a terrorism consultant for MSNBC, and his freelance journalism has appeared in The Washington Post and other publications.

a stunning thriller, compassionate but unsentimental, brutal and disquieting. In a mad world, who is really in charge of the lunatics? -- Susanna Yager * Sunday Telegraph * What a pleasure to be in the hands of a master storyteller. James Grady's MAD DOGS starts off with one of the best first sentences I've read in a long time and goes full-throttle, pedal-to-the-floor right up until the final page. A great, great read -- Dennis Lehane * author of Mystic River * Mental is not the word for this book, brilliant is -- Mark Timlin * Independent on Sunday * Hilarious and ingenious, this is a caper with a wicked difference -- Maxim Jakubowski * The Guardian * James Grady writes it straight, pure and hot as lava -- Stephen Coonts