Semiautomatic

A gripping and sophisticated legal thriller of murder, robbery, political intrigue, conspiracy and courtroom drama.

Claustrophobic, but in the best sort of way

A daring writer...too quick and smart to toy with civilising subtleties

Smart and sophisticated...Terrific! More!

Semiautomatic is the real thing; Rob Reuland is a real writer

Rob Reuland is the author of Hollowpoint. He practised law on Wall Street for many years before joining the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, where he was assigned to the Homicide Bureau. He spent his youth in Iowa before attending Cambridge University and the Vanderbilt Law School. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two young children and writes full-time.

Having resolved an explosive case in a controversial manner, Andrew Giobberti has been exiled from the high-powered DA's Homicide Bureau to the dusty decay of the Appeals Bureau. But the powers that be want this brilliant, difficult prosecutor back in the courtroom. 
 
They're counting on Giobberti's courtroom brilliance to ensure a guilty verdict for murder suspect Haskin Pool. It seems a straightforward enough case - a robbery gone bad, leaving a well-loved grocer in a pool of his own blood. The press has poured a lot of ink on the story, pressuring local police to get a killer behind bars. But Giobberti has a habit of uncovering nothing but the whole truth. It doesn't take long for him to realize this case stinks. There's a conspiracy to convict that reaches well up the political hierarchy and it's fully expected that Giobberti will play a key role in this seamy drama.

Robert Reuland

A taut and tense thriller... A new and very vibrant voice... Will keep you on the edge of your seat

A haunting crime story in a rueful, savvy voice

Stylish. Sleek. Scary. Hollowpoint captures you on the first page and just hangs on - and in the end it transforms into something deeper than you ever imagined

An impressive debut from a real-life homicide district attorney: a blackly comic tale of a lawyer on a redemptive mission in the bleak Brooklyn projects. Reuland knows his territory all too well and guides us through the cynical courtrooms and mean streets with assurance, cruel wit and pathos

Reuland's irreverent take on antihero Gio is a refreshing dash of candor in the genre, granting credibility to a story whose racing pace has an addictive effect.

There was a time when Assistant District Attorney Andrew Giobberti pursued his job with vigour and a certain glee - but now he mostly thinks about his next drink and the girl he can persuade to share it with him. 
 
Then a case much like others lands on his desk: young girl, dead from a gunshot wound, crackhead mother, very guilty-looking boyfriend. Something in this ordinary if tawdry case uncovers a vast well of grief and rage in him, and in his urge to avenge a pointless death he sets himself on a dangerous path to either destruction or redemption.

Robert Reuland

Praise for Hollowpoint

A taut and tense thriller... A new and very vibrant voice... Will keep you on the edge of your seat

A haunting crime story in a rueful, savvy voice

Stylish. Sleek. Scary. Hollowpoint captures you on the first page and just hangs on - and in the end it transforms into something deeper than you ever imagined

A taut and tense thriller... A new and very vibrant voice... Will keep you on the edge of your seat

A haunting crime story in a rueful, savvy voice

Stylish. Sleek. Scary. Hollowpoint captures you on the first page and just hangs on - and in the end it transforms into something deeper than you ever imagined

A taut and tense thriller... A new and very vibrant voice... Will keep you on the edge of your seat

A haunting crime story in a rueful, savvy voice

Stylish. Sleek. Scary. Hollowpoint captures you on the first page and just hangs on - and in the end it transforms into something deeper than you ever imagined

Books by Robert Reuland

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