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Winner of American Book Fest's International Book Awards, Thriller Category and Winner of Goodreads Reader's Favorite Award, Thriller Category

"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, or 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

"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

"Slavery and murder are beneath your brightest lights and softest sheets, the clothes you wear the fruit you eat . . . the covert intelligence you solicit to defend it all."

World War I rages. US 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 notorious triangle of Havana, Kingston, and Port-au-Prince. Three fierce, vibrant women reunite to hunt the treasure, hoping it will buy their survival from a long-buried, catastrophic misjudgment. They conscript a streetwise Chicago horseplayer's help, then risk a return into the Caribbean's mangrove jungles and mountains that have 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?

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"Privateers grabs you by the collar and won't let 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

"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

"I spent thirty years as a Chicago homicide detective, gang unit/tactical lieutenant, and undercover in narcotics. I know and understand real fear intimately. Privateers made my heart pound like I was facing the real thing. Can still taste the blood in my mouth." --Denny Banahan, author of Threshold of Pain and The Author of Dead Men

About the Author

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). --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084T5KM8V
Publisher ‏ : ‎ BlackType Press (March 31, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 31, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 7119 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 428 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #575,611 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,811 in Vigilante Justice Thrillers
- #3,052 in International Mystery & Crime (Kindle Store)
- #5,191 in International Mystery & Crime (Books)

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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).

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LAURA OWENS

One of the most exciting books I’ve Read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 2, 2020

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My husband has been trying to get me to read something by Charles Newton his favorite author for some time and finally I have and boy am I glad I did. At first I thought it would be about old musty Pirates and their evil ways but was I wrong! The “Privateers” is set in the here and now and is a collection of mystery, crime, mayhem, horror, suspense, fear and above all excitement and reads as a true story with some of the most inventive twists and turns that keeps the reader alert and apprehensive of what will happen next, how low can you go with this amazing cast of characters all brought to real life by master piece writing and storytelling with an imagination of a generous and a writer who is Skilled at his craft and IN sort I would recommend it to everyone- readers with weak hearts beware by no means a Children’s story book but a classic modern day believable yet unbelievable one hopes. Mr. Newton makes Many references to my favorite writers of all time ( I see a lot of him in Charlie’s insistence on building horror on horror and fantastic prose that invoke dread and excellent with well thought out and professional true writing abilities) Edgar Allen Poe with some of the modern day writers of the mystery and Mayhem,some wit, passion, truthfulness which always adds to a good story, fact be told I even made some small endeavors to find out if the main story line or pretense was not indeed true or not. It’s not always fair to compare a writer to others because I don’t want to take away anything from the true current writer but I could not help but be reminded of many of characters that make both Newton and Dashiell Hammett, Spillane, Ellroy, Dickens and yes even Agatha Christie so fantastic - I’m not a professional anything but I believe a great book needs a good story line but perhaps the characters and how they blend and become real may be more important and I venture to say that Newton has completed the mixture of the mood, settings, characters, plot and theme all in one to make a great nail bitting, unable to stop reading, and the inventiveness of the twist and turns and as a whole I believe those great writers and many many of them

Come with there skills and passion for their work and desire for the readers enjoyment would agree with me that Charles Newton has accomplished all that I “Privateers” and pray that more of the reading public will be able to fall into his Spell binder of a bookkeep such as this for if I have not expressed enough I truly enjoyed the book in no small fashion and eagerly awaits his next works of Art- I truly thank you Sir for the hours of entertainment you supplied this reader with, thank you and the best to your hopes and dreams and for us your writings. Sincerely, Laura
Chicago 2020

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Patricia SD

Wow and Whew !!!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 9, 2020

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My first thought after finishing this fantastic new book by Charlie Newton was ,'Whew ! and Wow! , I'm sure glad some of those guys didn't get caught in that encounter,not realizing yet that this story was just getting started .....
ok," then I had to do an inward flashback to myself thinking "wait a minute those were characters in an adventure novel, not real people!!, weren't they ?"
I got so wrapped up in all the different characters , their individual adventures and group adventures, that I felt like they were friends of mine , and one of them was telling me this story over a few beers about what an adventure he and some new friends of his
had stumbled into lately .
And Charlie Newton tells it in a manner that you really want to know what happens to all these new friends of his ,
and what happens to their group .
Of course like any good adventure it seems to start with " well there was this girl I met ",and ....
and it does start with these absolutely amazing women !
Women who are surprisingly descendants of long ago legendary cutthroat pirates ,
not surprisingly from the Caribbean.
His story quickly develops into the best story about pirates and a
believable treasure existence I have ever heard !
The details of where and what the treasure actually was, and of course, combined with more treasure belonging to
the American gangsters who ruled the Caribbean in the 30's,40's and 50's ,
and the additional search for this missing multi faceted jackpot drives the action even faster .
Charlie's story and the tempo and pace of all the action get faster by the page ,
and that tempo is what makes this story impossible to put aside.
Throw in the characters from the 80's CIA involvement in the Caribbean Island turmoil and trade .
Then mix in all the random bloodshed and wacky surviving characters involved with that trade,
and you naturally have revenge and payback for those misadventures waiting to happen.
So all of this hurricane of action is happening to all these fantastic characters in an increasing whirlwind !!
.... and then... I loved it ! .............What a story !!! What an adventure !!...... Keep em coming Charlie Newton !!

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"X" marks the spot!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 13, 2020

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There’s a fascinating story buried in here. So much so that I wasn’t exactly sure what I thought when I finished. So, let’s take a look at what others said. Wow! It ran the gamut from amazingly awesome to artfully awful. More awesome than awful but there were items in every review that I saw and agreed with. What I liked was the intensity of the story, the detail and descriptions, the historical and fictional interplay, and the adventure. What I found difficult was the choice of language, making it slower to read than I would have liked, the blending of dialects and cultures, which made comprehension somewhat slower than expected, and the extended length of the book.
That’s the thing about an adventure. A character(s) must have a certain amount of luck or they’re dead, and there’s no more adventure. But, when they are repeatedly lucky over multiple scenes and extended situations, it’s difficult to absorb the story. Typically characters aren’t as smart as they think and their luck always runs out, so don’t push it too hard or it becomes unbelievable or conceivable.
As for me, I like pirates, treasure, mysteries and clues, spies, revolutions, double crosses, hurricanes, period detail, and poetry. So there was a lot for me to like. If you’re a reader that “X” marks the spot, you may find, you like this a lot 

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Lagoon

Haitian Gold.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 4, 2020

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A treasure hunt for buried gold in Haiti. I mean, seriously, could a crime fiction book get any better?

Haiti itself is a tragic but utterly fascinating nation. Already poor, the country was brought to its knees by self appointed ‘President for life’, Papa Doc Duvalier. Although this book is set, for the most part, in the present day, there are numerous references to Duvalier and to his son, Bebe Doc Duvalier. One real life horror show whom I was unaware of until this book is Luckner Cambronne, also known as the vampire of the Caribbean. His monicker was earned due to his sale of Haitian plasma to the United States in the seventies. Not content with plasma alone, Cambronne also sold blood and skeletons in industrial quantities. If either was not readily available, Cambronne would make them so. A real life example of truth being far stranger than fiction. Another fascinating character name checked here is the Jewish accountant to the Chicago mob and indeed, to Capone himself, Jake ‘Greasy finger’ Guzik. A Polish Emigre, Guzik was a trusted associate of Capone’s and could count on his backing. Again, just marvellous to see such an individualistic person in-between the covers.

Back to Haiti. The Tontons Macoutes are prevalent throughout the book. Doesn’t the name itself just fascinate?Tonton comes from the Creole word meaning Uncle. Macoute is a gunnysack. The myth was that an Uncle kidnapped obstreperous children and carried them off in his Macoute to be consumed at breakfast. Where else but the Caribbean could you hear of a myth like that? Sadly, the Tontons Macoutes themselves were far from mythical and were responsible for the murder of over 60,000 Haitians and for forcing thousands more from their homes.

With such incredible real life personages and with settings ranging from Chicago through Jamaica and of course, Haiti itself, the story proper must be a belter, surely? And, boy, isn’t it just. A gold cache, taken by Capone or at least orchestrated by him, is buried somewhere in Haiti. But to find it, Bill Owens, Anne Bonny and Susie Devereux must track down hand written clues on scrolls concealed within bottles of Barbancourt Rhum; the Haitian produced rum made from cane juice rather than cane molasses. The story behind the family owning and producing Barbancourt Rhum is intriguing in itself and just makes me even thirstier for a sip of this nectar; preferably on a Caribbean beach with the waves tickling my toes.

There is just so much to like in this book. I was genuinely sad to reach the end. Books this good and monopolising are rare. The chance to learn more about Haiti was enough for me but with such a strong story, this is literary heaven to my mind.

Ian

Bloody good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 13, 2022

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A bloody excellent read. Over the top entertainment, which we all need these days. If you can't enjoy this there's something wrong with you.

Worldly Scot

Fantastic Read. Great characters, and Game of Throne like jolts that will keep you gripped.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 29, 2020

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I've loved Charlie's writing since a friend gave me a copy of Calumet City years ago. His books are never, ever boring.
Like Game of Thrones he hits you repeatedly with WTF jolts which leave you racing to the next chapter. I love a book with compelling characters and those girls are badass! A roller coaster full of Caribbean history AND a treasure hunt: fabulous.

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