Unbeknownst to all of them is the fact that a band of vicious gunmen are about to storm into the hotel, killing mercilessly and holding many hostage. Ex-DC Chris Sketty is meeting Dr Ralph Teller who whilst describing as a hero following the terrible events at Villa Amalfi, he is also regarding him with malevolence. However, the reason for the meeting predates this by fifteen years when Chris is sent undercover by SO15 (Counter Terrorism) to try to get information on a shadowy faceless figure known as Kalian Roman. He’s placed in DI Devon Andrews Gang Intelligence Unit, his target is DS Barry Cleaver - does he have a connection to Roman? Only time will tell. Chris tells most of his story with illuminating interjections by Teller, all we have to do is work out, is Chris a good cop or a bad cop?? If you don’t deliver it within the next 48 hours, your fourteen-year-old daughter will be executed.

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But to those who know him well like detective Ray Mason, Alastair is a ruthless serial killer who targets young women. He takes another dainty sip of the whisky while I consider my options. But in truth I don’t really have any. The information in this folder is incendiary. Then you receive a phone call, and the person on the other end tells you to play the DVD machine in the room. So, over one night, Sketty will share his brutal tale of betrayal, ruthlessness and corruption, finishing with a revelation so terrifying and unexpected that it will change everything. Is Sketty a brave hero, crippled in the line of duty, or the most ruthless mass murderer the country has ever seen? The characters were all extremely shallow and predictable, almost as if they were based entirely on stereotypes. The decisions made by the characters felt as if they were made only to move forward with the plot and prolong the book. It started strong, and I had high hopes, but once it started to fizzle out, it didn't stop fizzling out. Not one character was likeable (other than Trevor, the cat), and I know that doesn't always matter, but it felt like I was supposed to be sorry for Sketty, and I just felt nothing but annoyance towards him. Sketty's constant justification of his brutality and violence made it extremely difficult to feel anything positive towards him.When Max Iversson is offered five grand for work that will only take a matter of hours, the ex-mercenary accepts without giving it much thought. Rich, handsome, with a beautiful family and a great chance of becoming Britain’s next Prime Minister, Alastair Sheridan seemingly has it all.

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No longer with the police force, he generated extra income by assassinating all manner of evil men, from drug-dealers to unscrupulous business men. Somewhat of a rule breaker himself, he is determined to complete the assignment on his own even after the killing of his best friend. Sketty injured in the line of duty and praised and created by the press as a hero but he has been slowly robbed of everything he held dear - his family, his career and now he faces yet another ... issue. Not everyone believes his hero status is as deserved as the public may have been led to believe, is he an hero, or was he a bad cop ! The typical British police procedural can be a bit staid, perhaps a little too trusting of the inherent honesty of British policing, but there are no rose tinted spectacles here. This is riveting, raw and fresh. Apart from the hunt for Roman and Sketty’s story this novel has a strong feel of London and the gang culture in the city. A layered thriller that is genuinely chilling and gritty as hell. //London, corrupt, cops: Like Line of Duty? Luther The Calling Neil Cross, The Divinities Parker Bilal// Although he successfully completes the assignment, Kent mysteriously vanishes and dead bodies start turning up.After a drunken night, writer Rob Fallon ends up spending time with Jenny, his best-friend's girlfriend, at her London flat. Set on different paths one tragic night more than two decades ago when their friend Rachel was murdered, they united once again—fearing for their own lives after the man convicted for Rachel's death is set free. The story of a cop working cases and leading a dual life, spying on one of his colleagues is credibly written and involving. Sketty is well realised as an ordinary man battered by life and sinking into bad ways. It’s intriguing to wonder how we would act under the same pressure, isolated and alone. And yet as events lead up to the Villa Amalfi siege we are given more than one interpretation of events and so how compromised Sketty is remains a mystery.