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Midnight Mass

Matt James — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:04:44 +0000

Alex Wake is set to retire from the CIA in the coming weeks. The operative is also set to marry the love of his life and move to Italy to run a private security firm.

Stefania Ricci is an expert in High Renaissance art. Late one night, she witnesses a brutal murder after a deal involving a one-of-a-kind Leonardo da Vinci painting falls through. She calls her husband-to-be from Venice, frantically crying and screaming for help.

Alex arrives the next morning, but it’s too late. Stefania has already been captured. The only way to save her life is for Alex to steal the priceless da Vinci art piece and deliver it to her abductors before the stroke of midnight.

If he fails, she dies.

Fans of Jack Reacher, The Terminal List, and The Gray Man will love Alex Wake!

MIDNIGHT MASS is the first book in the action-packed Alex Wake thriller series by international bestselling author Matt James and Richard F. Paddon.

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The Hunted

Richard F. Paddon — Fri, 12 May 2023 17:15:27 +0000

Revenge is never clean and Constanza Ocana is going to find out just how dirty it can really be.

After putting her family to rest, Constanza must now get out of Italy, which is easier said than done.

Her grand comeback as The Blood Angel has drawn the wrong attention to her. As powerful enemies, including a collection of mafia dons, close in on her, Constanza must use all of her skills and wits to stay alive and escape Italy.

Now the hunter has become the hunted.

Fans of The Terminal List, John Wick, and The Gray Man will love Constanza Ocana!

THE HUNTED is the second book in Richard F. Paddon’s action-packed Constanza Ocana thriller series.

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The Blood Angel

Richard F. Paddon — Fri, 12 May 2023 17:01:47 +0000

Once a feared assassin, Constanza Ocana thought she had left the darkness of her old life behind.

…until tragedy strikes.

When an explosion kills her family, Constanza awakens and vows revenge.

With her code name, The Blood Angel, she sets out to carve a path of retribution through the Mexican cartel that was responsible, only to discover it may have been part of an elaborate plot by someone much worse.

Fans of The Gray Man, The Terminal List, and John Wick will absolutely love The Blood Angel!

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The Blood Angel

Richard F. Paddon — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 01:20:55 +0000

Once a feared assassin, Constanza Ocana thought she had left the darkness of her old life behind.

…until tragedy strikes.

When an explosion kills her family, Constanza awakens and vows revenge.

Fans of The Gray Man, The Terminal List, and John Wick will absolutely love The Blood Angel!

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The Lost Tsar

Tim Heath — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:30:55 +0000

The Friends. The Foes. The Threats.  

All worlds collide in this gripping series finale!

Russia stands on the brink of a new era––their President riding high in popularity, and this no longer merely in her own nation.

As political and economic worlds zone in on Rome, host of a significant conference, so do the Russian President’s enemies. Her first international trip makes her more vulnerable than ever.

Yet she’s ready for them. Even British MI6 have been tasked with keeping her alive, for now. Will they see this through? Can the President trust anyone?

From the International Bestselling author of The Tablet, comes the concluding installment in his much loved Hunt series.

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The Black Dolphin

Tim Heath — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:23:27 +0000

One prison, one agent, one ultimate test of determination.

Trapped in the depths of Russia’s most impenetrable fortress, Alex, a captured MI6 agent, clings to hope amidst the despair of his forgotten existence. As the clock ticks down on his survival, MI6 races against time to uncover his location and mount a daring rescue mission.

But he’s an inmate who doesn’t officially exist. And no one’s ever escaped the Black Dolphin.

With the threat of discovery looming, will they reach him before it’s too late?

Can they succeed in rescuing him, or will the Russian President’s wrath seal his fate forever?

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The Acting President

Tim Heath — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:09:35 +0000

There could be a new president of Russia… and she has plans.

Her nation stands at a precipice, but are they ready to usher a woman into the Kremlin? Will she allow anybody to stop her?

With a dissident voice leaking her secrets to the world, Svetlana might not have that chance — she will give anything to know the identity and whereabouts of this whistleblower.

Russian oligarchs continue to gather in secret — a vicious cage fight, controlled by a bloodthirsty man, whose actions surpass anything that The Games have seen before. Is this one step too far?

And with an election mooted and MI6 forever on her tail, do they have the time to stop somebody they see as the most dangerous person in Russia from becoming the next President?

From the International Bestselling author of The Tablet, comes the seventh installment in his much loved Hunt series.

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The Meltdown

Tim Heath — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 03:33:27 +0000

An uncontrollable president. Three unflinching agents. One epic finale.

The threat is not the foreign invader, but the danger within. Now they need silencing. Who dares stop him?

Nations, governments and individuals. The president has a secret which he’ll use to threaten meltdown on all fronts. And what of the British and MI6? Operating within the law is no longer their only option.

Yet, a greater threat remains; watching, waiting — ready to pounce!

From the bestselling author of eighteen titles, including The Tablet, comes the sixth installment in the much loved Hunt series.

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The Protector

Mark Ayre — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:35:00 +0000

Abbie King usually discovers the next victim in a dream…

This time they find her.

A new enemy tells Abbie of an innocent person who’s in trouble. It’s his daughter, and he will do anything to ensure her safety.

He offers Abbie a deal. Save his daughter, and he’ll help locate Abbie’s own missing child.

An offer she can’t refuse: a daughter for a daughter.

But it’s not a mission to take lightly — to succeed is everything. To fail is death.

Start reading the next installment in the groundbreaking new psychological/techno-thriller Abbie King Thrillers series today!

For fans of Robert Ludlum, Dean Koontz, and Colleen Hoover.

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The Interloper

Mark Ayre — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:31:04 +0000

Abbie King is used to no one knowing her name.

Not this time…

After a decade away, Abbie’s dreams draw her back to her hometown. The place where she lost her innocence and where her beautiful little sister was brutally murdered.

Ten years later, another innocent teenager is in grave danger. Abbie wants to save the girl’s life and get out of town before the traumatic memories and old enemies of her dark past can destroy her from within and without.

This mission is already proving difficult. Then Abbie uncovers links between the present danger faced by the teenage girl and the decade-old murder of Abbie’s sister.

Abbie failed her little sister. Live or die, if she fails again, she knows it will destroy her for good…

For fans of intense, deep, psychological thriller novels, the Abbie King Thrillers are sure to please.

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