A burning summer's day explodes into violence. A murderous gang targets the exclusive south coast island of Terror's Reach, home to rival business tycoons Robert Felton and Valentin Nasenko. The residents are facing annihilation, and only one man stands a chance of saving them.
Four years ago, after an undercover police operation went disastrously wrong, CID officer Joe Clayton lost his career and his family. Forced to adopt a new identity, he drifted from place to place and ended up on the Reach, working as a bodyguard to Nasenko's wife, Cassie, and her children. Now he must draw upon all his experience and reserves of strength to keep them alive.
But nothing is as it seems on Terror's Reach, and a long night of betrayal and murder leaves Joe fighting for his own survival ...
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Brilliant new thriller by the author of Skin and Bones.
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Tom Bale has worked as a retail assistant, claims negotiator, office manager, business analyst, freelance consultant and househusband. He now writes full-time and lives with his family in Brighton.
For more information, visit his website at www.tombale.net
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From the author of SKIN AND BONES
'A treat for crime fans ... a gripping contemporary thriller' Argus
'Satisfying on every level ...a plot that grabs hold and won't let go ... This book gave me the chills' Crimespree
A burning summer's day explodes into violence. A murderous gang targets the exclusive south coast island of Terror's Reach, playground for the super-rich. But who has hired them and what do they want?
There are plenty of people with secrets on Terror's Reach. Among them Joe Clayton, a CID officer hiding from his past under a new identity, working now as a bodyguard to the family of Russian oligarch Valentin Nasenko. As the terrible night of murder and betrayal gathers momentum, Joe Clayton emerges as the only man who can save the innocent. But can he save himself and everything he has worked so hard to protect?
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