About this book
The Up and Comer is a novel by Howard Roughan, published in 2001 at 478 pages. It's the earliest Howard Roughan title tracked in this catalogue, preceding The Promise of a Lie.
Key facts about The Up and Comer
Howard Roughan wrote The Up and Comer, a book on our list. It has been out since 1 January 2001. The book has 478 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781841154664 to find the main one.
Howard Roughan has 12 books on our list. 5 of them belong to a series, while 7 stand alone. All 12 are out now. Other books by Howard Roughan on file include Steal (2022), Killer Instinct (2019), Instinct (2017) and Truth or Die (2015).
After it came The Promise of a Lie in 2004. Since then, our list has added 11 more books by Howard Roughan.
Howard Roughan has 2 series on file, such as Honeymoon and Instinct. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, The Picasso Heist is the latest published Howard Roughan book on file, from 13 October 2025.
About Howard Roughan
Howard Roughan is an American novelist and one of James Patterson's most frequent co-authors, having partnered on numerous bestselling thrillers including the Instinct series (also adapted for television as the CBS show Instinct) and Honeymoon. Roughan began his own career with the psychological thriller The Up and Comer, published in the late 1990s, which established him as a writer skilled at blending domestic suspense with twisty, high-concept plotting. See every Howard Roughan book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781841154664