The Last Big Job

An ex-KGB hit-man out to kill ... a caged lion with a taste for human flesh ... a careless drugs courier ... a vindictive ex-con ... a cop with ambition, whatever the cost ... a heist worth millions ... a terrifying encounter with a Black and Decker workmate ... and Henry Christie trying to hold his life together...Blackburn on a Friday night at the beginning of summer is always a policing headache. But for the officers of Blackburn police station it’s about to become a nightmare.When three police cars explode in quick succession in the station car park, it seems as if a spectacular terrorist campaign is underway. But as Blackburn’s finest get ready to do battle with the IRA, the real action is going down elsewhere – a building society heist that is about to go badly wrong and which will have consequences for the whole force.Consequences which will ultimately involve an ex-KGB hit-man, an undercover cop in danger from his own side as much as the villains he’s trying to nail, and a spectacular attempt to relieve the Royal Mint of £50m.THE LAST BIG JOB is Nick Oldham’s tough and authentic story of the men and women who put their lives on the line in the course of duty.‘Gritty and Precise’ – The Times‘Chilling authenticity ... a gripping tale’ – Manchester Evening News‘Like everything good in life, a fast-paced, old fashioned shoot ‘em up is hard to find. Fortunately we have Oldham’s latest novel to remind us what it’s all about’ – Publisher’s Weekly‘Oldham, a real-life copper, offers a story full of dark menace, gritty realism ... add head spinning action and surprising plot-twists and the result is a gripping, gut-wrenching thriller’ - Booklist