John Milton is in Rio de Janeiro, staying with an old army friend who runs a private security company. When one of the bodyguards doesn't turn up for work, Milton offers to stand in. The job is routine: take the wife and daughter of an anti-corruption judge to a school recital. What could possibly go wrong? But the girl is snatched off the street and Milton is nearly killed. As he recovers at a Group Fifteen safe house, he works out what to do next. He has two objectives: first, he's going to find the girl. And, second, he's going to find the criminals who took her and punish them for what they've done. The conspirators think Milton is an old, washed-up drunk living on past glories. They couldn't have made a worse mistake. Milton's trip to Rio turns into a lethal quest that leads to the lawless favelas and the corridors of power, and then right into the horrific heart of darkness. ------------------------------ Praise for Mark Dawson: "It's impossible not to think of Lee Child's super-selling Jack Reacher. " - The Times "A literary sensation.
" - The Daily Telegraph "Dawson writes the kind of thrillers I love. Non-stop, grab-you-by-the-throat tales of doing the right thing no matter the odds. Simply excellent.
" - USA Today bestselling author Brett Battles More than 1m copies sold in the John Milton and Beatrix Rose series and 1000s of five star reviews.
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John Milton is in Rio de Janeiro, staying with an old army friend who runs a private security company. When one of the bodyguards doesn't turn up for work, Milton offers to stand in. The job is routine: take the wife and daughter of an anti-corruption judge to a school recital. What could possibly go wrong? But the girl is snatched off the street and Milton is nearly killed. As he recovers at a Group Fifteen safe house, he works out what to do next. He has two objectives: first, he's going to find the girl. And, second, he's going to find the criminals who took her and punish them for what they've done. The conspirators think Milton is an old, washed-up drunk living on past glories. They couldn't have made a worse mistake. Milton's trip to Rio turns into a lethal quest that leads to the lawless favelas and the corridors of power, and then right into the horrific heart of darkness. ------------------------------ Praise for Mark Dawson: "It's impossible not to think of Lee Child's super-selling Jack Reacher. " - The Times "A literary sensation.
" - The Daily Telegraph "Dawson writes the kind of thrillers I love. Non-stop, grab-you-by-the-throat tales of doing the right thing no matter the odds. Simply excellent.
" - USA Today bestselling author Brett Battles More than 1m copies sold in the John Milton and Beatrix Rose series and 1000s of five star reviews.