Nick Petrie received his MFA in fiction from the University of Washington, won a Hopwood Award for short fiction while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, and his story "At the Laundromat" won the 2006 Short Story Contest in the The Seattle Review, a national literary journal. A husband and father, he runs a home-inspection business in Milwaukee. His previous novels in the Peter Ash series are The Drifter, winner of the ITW Thriller Award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel, and Burning Bright.
Praise for Light It Up
"Gun battles, harrowing high-speed escapes and lethal
hand-to-hand fights...Petrie colors in more of the portrait of his
troubled hero, including his darkest moment in the Middle East.
Ash's posse is coalescing, too, including June, the savvy reporter
he fell for in Burning Bright, and Lewis, the smooth but
equally lethal compadre whose friendship with Ash has a
Spenser-Hawk vibe....Light It Up extends a quality action
series with plenty of room ahead both for new adventures and
character development."-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Like Robert Parker's Spenser, Ash is a self-contained, unstoppable
force with very useful friends. Vividly troubled yet likable, he
intrigues the reader even while managing to save a little part of
his world-again. The action in this third outing is nonstop; the
drug scene is timely; the characters, including the villains, are
deftly drawn, and the tension keeps rising."-Library
Journal
"Propulsive...Petrie is a master of orchestrating convincing
mayhem."-Publishers Weekly
More Praise for the Peter Ash novels
"Peter Ash is one of the most complex characters I've come
across in a long time....There is grit in this tale that will stay
with you for a long time. Perhaps forever."-New York Times
bestselling author David Baldacci
"With The Drifter, Nick Petrie has written just about the
perfect thriller."-New York Times bestselling author John
Lescroart
"[The] lean prose, gritty descriptions, and raw psychological depth
give the novel a feel that reminded me of early Dennis
Lehane."-Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
"A gripping, beautifully written novel."-Huffington Post
"A hell of a series."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A suspenseful high-tech ride, complete with a steadily mounting
body count and a compelling protagonist."-Booklist (starred
review)
"A top-notch series of thrillers marked by a considerable sympathy
for veterans...Aficionados of Lee Child's Jack Reacher will enjoy
getting to know this new action hero."-Library Journal
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