Joe Gores: Come Morning (UK 2015)

From the Publisher:
After eight hard years in San Quentin prison, Runyan is out and ready to lead a quiet life - an honest life. But certain people have been planning for the day of his release - people who desperately want the two million dollars in diamonds Runyan was carrying just before he went to jail... Like the insurance investigator who arranged his parole. A beautiful woman who wants him alive. The unknown killer who definitely wants him dead.

Runyan goes to recover the diamonds from where he has stashed them, so he can buy his way out... but the diamonds are gone. Now he must pull another robbery - something he swore never to repeat - and use the proceeds to stay alive.

Joe Gores: Come Morning. Orion / The Murder Room Book #114, ISBN: 9781471917585 (February, 2015), eBook, 0.78 MB (ca. 240 p.), £4.99.

Joe Gores: Come Morning (UK 1988)

From the Publisher:
Runyan had spent eight hard years in San Quentin prison, but now he was out and ready to lead a quiet life - an honest life. But while he was away there were various people planning for the day of his release - people who wanted desperately the two million dollars in diamonds Runyan was carrying just before he went to jail... People like the insurance investigator who arranged his parole. People like the mysterious former "partners" who now want their cut. People like a beautiful woman who seems to want him alive. And people like the unknown killer who definitely wants him dead.

So Runyan plans to recover the diamonds from where he had stashed them - in order to buy his way out... But the diamonds are gone. Now his only hope is to pull another robbery - something he swore never to repeat -- and then use the proceeds to stay alive.

Come Morning is a suspenseful novel about murder and betrayal in a sinister struggle against powerful and unknown odds.

Joe Gores: Come Morning. A Novel of Suspense. London: Century / Mysterious Press, 1988, ISBN: 0712622829, 224 p., £10.95.

Joe Gores: Come Morning (USA 1986)

From the Publisher:
Runyan had spent eight years in San Quentin, but now he was out and ready to lead a quiet life, an honest life. But while he was away there were people planning for the day of his release, people who wanted the two million dollars in diamonds Runyan was carrying just before he went to jail. People like the insurance investigator who arranged his parole. People like the mysterious former "partners" who want their cut. People like a beautiful woman who seems to want him alive. And people like the unknown killer who definitely wants him dead. Runyan plans to get the diamonds from where he had stashed them in order to buy his way out... but they are gone. Now his only hope is to pull another robbery-something he swore never to do again -- and use the proceeds to stay alive.

COME MORNING is a novel of suspense about murder and betrayal; it is also a novel about love, and two people's fight to live on their own terms despite overwhelming odds.

Joe Gores: Come Morning. A Novel of Suspense. The Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0892962437 (March, 1986), 218 p., $15.95.