{"product_id":"the-dispatcher-9781035087617","title":"The Dispatcher","description":"\u003cp\u003e*Now a six-part Apple TV+ series, Last Seen , starring Patrick Brammell of Colin from Accounts *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A one-sitting, fist-in-mouth read’ – The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe phone rings. It’s your daughter. She’s been dead for four months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Hunt is the police dispatcher for the small town of Bulls Mouth, East Texas. Just as his shift is ending, he gets a call from his fourteen-year-old daughter, Maggie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie, who has just been declared dead, having been snatched from her bedroom seven years ago. Her call ends in a scream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trail leads to a local couple, but this is just the start of his battle to get his daughter back. What follows is a bullet-strewn cross-country chase along Interstate 10, from Texas to California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dispatcher is a darkly propulsive, action-fueled crime thriller from Ryan David Jahn –the acclaimed author of Acts of Violence and Low Life – about the lengths a man will go to for his daughter. Perfect for fans of Lee Child and Taken .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for The Dispatcher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Talk about page-turning’ – Daily Mirror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The author leads the new noir pack’ – Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘If you only read one book tomorrow, make it this one’ – GQ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A breathless, bloody chase all the way to California’ – TheSunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ryan David Jahn\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller \/ suspense\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 Sep 2026 by Pan Macmillan.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ryan David Jahn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320110129530,"sku":"9781035087617","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781035087617.jpg?v=1790643165","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/ga\/products\/the-dispatcher-9781035087617","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}