Ghostman (2013)

Ghostman

Roger Hobbs's 2013 thriller follows a professional criminal who erases the evidence after high-stakes jobs. (Open Library)

Watches

Patek Philippe watch

Jack puts on his Patek Philippe while preparing to answer a message from Marcus; he says it will keep correct time long after everyone he knows is dead. The opening chapter places the watch on the windowsill before the narrator retrieves it in his Seattle room. He values its understated appearance and lasting timekeeping while an encrypted message arrives under an old alias. His confidence in the watch sits beside elaborate efforts to keep his own identity and location concealed. (publisher-permitted excerpt)

Source text: "I took my watch off the windowsill and put it on. I wear a Patek Philippe." (Bookreporter publisher-permitted excerpt)