In Flight Attendant Joe, Joe hands his readers a boarding pass into the turbulent world of the airline industry. This book immediately takes off with chaotic delays, irate passengers, crazy pilots, and egos big enough to destroy friendships. There is nothing off limits in this comical collection of true-life drama that occurs at 38,000 feet, on layovers, in airports, or anywhere else Joe happens to find himself.

'Joe Thomas brilliantly recaptures an ugly episode in our recent past. Lest we forget . . .' Val McDermid'A timely, powerful and gorgeously readable novel that represents everything that is good and important about the crime fiction genre' Irish Times1978: The National Front is gaining ground in Hackney. To counter their influence, anti-fascist groups launch the Carnival Against Racism in Victoria Park. Observing t...

'BRAZILIAN PSYCHO is a riveting and explosive masterpiece of political crime fiction that deserves to share the shelf with AMERICAN TABLOID, THE POWER OF THE DOG and A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS, and confirms Joe Thomas as one of our very best contemporary crime writers.' David Peace**'**Complex and compelling, and shot through with moments of horror and beauty, BRAZILIAN PSYCHO is a magnificent achievement.' The Times Crime Club...

Un thriller épico, adictivo y vertiginoso ambientado en São PauloSão Paulo, 2003. Los inspectores Mario Leme y Ricardo Lisboa investigan la muerte del director del Instituto Británico. Dado el rango de la víctima, la cúpula policial desea una resolución rápida del caso. La versión oficial será un atraco que acabó complicándose, así que la policía militar acaba haciendo una redada en una favela y arresta ...

In his debut book, 'Fasten Your Seat Belts And Eat Your Fucking Nuts', Joe Thomas — aka Flight Attendant Joe — takes you on an inappropriate storytelling journey about what really happens while you sit comfortably (unless you are in a middle seat, in that case — he's sorry) onboard a climate controlled airplane while sucking down cups of soda, snacking on unsalted peanuts, and playing dumb when you get caught smoking in the lavatory.Have you ever wondered what happens behind the sc...

In Bad Catholic, Joe Thomas strips away the secrets of a life defined by an unwanted adoption by a predatory stepfather and a mother who retreated into an alcoholic haze to deny the undeniable. It is the raw account of a boy forced to balance the innocence of childhood and the pressures of being a teenager with the "house of horrors" he returned to every night.From the grit of late-night bars to the blood-stained kitchen floor of his childhood home in Conn...

"The final part of Joe Thomas's epic United Kingdom trilogy . . . A savage - and occasionally hilarious - indictment of Thatcherism" The Times"A fitting end to a fine, ambitious series" Mail on Sunday"This scathing and compelling historical thriller is like a mash up of crime kings David Peace and James Ellroy - with a top soundtrack" The SunNew Year's Eve 1988. An illegal rave in ...

Der Auftakt einer großen politischen Krimitrilogie, vom britischen Autor Joe Thomas, »einem unserer besten zeitgenössischen Krimiautoren« David PeaceGroßbritannien steht Ende der Siebzigerjahre vor einer Zerreißprobe. Die neoliberale Politik von Margaret Thatcher führt zu sozialen Unruhen, während gleichzeitig die National Front auf dem Vormarsch ist. Widerstand formiert sich, als antifaschistische Gruppen unter Mitwirkung von bekannten Punkbands wie The Clash oder...

"A very early candidate for the crime novel of the year" IRISH TIMESLive Aid, July 1985. The great and the good of the music scene converge to save the world. But the TV glitz cannot disguise ugly truths about Thatcher's Britain.Jon Davies and Suzi Scialfa have moved on since the inquest into the death of Colin Roach, but they're about to be drawn back into the struggle - Jon by his restless curiosity and Suzi by the reappearance o...

»Brazilian Psycho« zeigt, was die Kriminalliteratur zu leisten imstande ist – ein Meisterwerk epischen AusmaßesBrazilian Psycho verwebt Kriminalfall, historische Fakten und Gesellschaftspolitik zu einer radikalen Geschichte einer der faszinierendsten und gewalttätigsten Städte der Welt: São Paulo.Ein bahnbrechender Roman unserer Zeit. Über einen Zeitraum von sechzehn Jahren zwischen 2003 und 2019 erleben die unterschiedlichsten Charaktere in São Pa...

First Class Cocktails with Flight Attendant Joe is a collection of all-new short stories, and each is accompanied by a delicious cocktail recipe. Author Joe Thomas is back with his fourth book of flight attendant stories, but this one comes with a boozy twist. Joe provides his readers with a first-class storytelling experience, from flight attendants misbehaving to celebrity sightings and beautiful island layovers to drunken passengers. Nothing says first-class more than fancy cocktails an...

MAIL ON SUNDAY THRILLER OF THE MONTHSão Paulo, 20 March 2016A campaign for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff is in full swing, yet 100,000 people take to Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo in her support.On the same day, a young man from a wealthy family is murdered.Detective Mario Leme discovers the body. Two Military Policemen confront him.They strongarm him into the back of an SUV.Set against the bac...