On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers discover the wreckage of a mysterious World War II-era aircraft, a discovery that forces the Russian Federation into a shocking admission. The unmarked plane is a Soviet strategic bomber that disappeared with its crew more than fifty years ago while carrying two metric tons of weaponized anthrax.Desperate to prevent a political and diplomatic firestorm, the U.S. president dispatches a Covert-One team led by Lieutenant Colonel Jon Smith to the crash site. But others have reached the frigid, windswept island first, including an international arms dealer and his crew of vicious mercenaries. As for the Russians, they are lying: a second, even deadlier secret rests within the hulk of the lost bomber, a secret the Russians are willing to kill to protect. Trapped in a polar wilderness, Smith and his team find themselves fighting a savage war on two front--against an enemy they can see and another hiding within their own... Views: 54
A brutal international underworld. A lost girl. A PI determined to burn it all.
Former private investigator Adam Park got rich and retired in his mid-30s, living a quiet life of surfing and travel. But when a troubled young woman and her manipulative boyfriend disappear, Adam's old mentor cuts that retirement short.
Using cutting-edge technology, Adam soon learns both abuser and victim made an enemy of a seemingly small-time gangster, and tracks them from the UK, through the Parisian underworld, and into an international organized crime network that treats human life like a business commodity. To confront criminals on the rise, ruthless traffickers, and corrupt policemen, he must burn down his concepts of right and wrong, and draw upon the darkest corners of his psyche.
But these are facets of himself Adam has long denied exist. Bubbling just beneath the surface, he has kept that anger and violence caged all his life. Because he is a good person.
Isn’t he?
The Dead and the Missing is a suspense filled, often violent, international mystery & crime thriller, a journey that launches a PI from the relative safety of the corporate world to the hard-boiled existence required to get the job done. At any cost to his soul.
To discover a new world of mystery and crime, pick up the first book in the Adam Park detective series today.
Review from Readers' Favourite:
The Dead and the Missing is loaded with twists and turns and excitement, and had me holding my breath in fear several times, never being one hundred percent sure of how it would end. A.D. Davies is a very talented author.
Author Questions
Q: So, a private investigator travelling the world?
A: Yes, I love exploring exotic locations, and I love detective fiction, so why not combine them into a thriller?
Q: Quite hard-boilded?
A: It has some violence, a bit of swearing but not excessive. Actually, I recently edited out the majority of F-words after a lot of feedback, so it's more in line with the character now.
Q: Have we seen characters like Adam Park before? Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, Harlan Coben’s Myron Bolitar, John Connolly’s Charlie Parker . . . ?
A: Adam is perhaps ‘of a type’ but he’s very different from Jack Reacher in that he is less of a loner, and perhaps a little more cerebral. He knows how to handle himself, but he’s on a journey. Jack Reacher is absolutely certain of himself, while Adam is evolving. When we meet him in this first novel, he has never killed.
Q: Presumably that will change?
A: A lotchanges for Adam over the course of this novel. It’s a dark mystery, with action-adventure elements, but sits firmly in that noir crime genre where the protagonist isn’t black-and-white.
Q: Will there be more to come from Adam?
A: There are 5 sequels available now, and more planned for the future.
Q: And when you say ‘sequels’ does each book follow into the next?
A: While there are ongoing story strands that span the series – such as Adam’s personal life, and his battle with the darkness inside himself – each main plot is self-contained. While it would be advisable to read them in order, you absolutely don’t have to.
Q: Finally, what is the correct reading order?
A: Well, start with the free ebook edition of The Dead and the Missing then -
*A Desperate Paradise
The Shadows of Empty Men
Night at the George Washington Diner (novella)
Master the Flame
Under the Long White Cloud*
Q: And this isn’t your only series, it is?
A: No, I have the Detective Sergeant Alicia Friend series. She’s an unusually perky UK-based detective. Her first novel His First His Second is free.
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Readers' Favorite
The Dead and the Missing is loaded with twists and turns and excitement, and had me holding my breath in fear several times, never being one hundred percent sure of how it would end. A.D. Davies is a very talented author who understands the how-to's of writing a thriller to keep you on the edge of your seat. I found The Dead and the Missing to be everything the book description said and much more. It was a great read and is highly recommended. The Dead and the Missing has all the ingredients of a five star winner.
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About the Author
A. D. Davies grew up in Leeds, West Yorkshire. In high school his ambition was to be a writer of horror novels, although in adult life he became an avid fan of crime fiction. After a long stint in an unsatisfying job, he attended the University of Leeds where he attained a degree in creative writing. Now writing novels, his signature style involves placing characters in dangerous, heightened situations, where violence isn’t constant, but when it does surface, there are always consequences. When a character gets hit, it hurts; when a gun is fired, it’s always a big deal; and killing isn’t something people do lightly. A. D. Davies is well-travelled, his favourite destinations being New Zealand and Vietnam, which have influenced his writing immensely, especially obvious in his novel Twilight Burning, released early summer 2015. For now, however, globe-trotting is taking a back-seat to raising his two children and writing, although he hopes to one day combine all three. He now resides in Staffordshire, UK, with his wife and two children. Connect in the following ways: Twitter: www.twitter.com/authoraddavies @authoraddavies Facebook: www.facebook.com/authoraddavies Website: www.addavies.com (including email list sign-up) A.D. Davies is also on Google+ and Goodreads Do say hi. Views: 54
A ROGER SHERINGHAM MYSTERY. When the Daily Courier sends Roger Sheringham to Hampshire, it's a job after his own heart. The body of a woman has been found at the bottom of the cliffs at Ludmouth Bay, and despite a verdict of accidental death, the local sighting of Inspector Moresby from Scotland Yard suggests otherwise. Unable to resist a little amateur sleuth work, Sheringham starts digging around. Events lead him down one blind alley after another as he attempts to rival Inspector Moresby and devise the correct theory about the tragic death of Mrs Vane. Views: 54
Royalty requires sacrifice. As King Camden’s health declines, the need for an heir becomes crucial, impossible to ignore. With no other viable choice, Alexandra must stand stoically by when Hadley comes to the court of Silverhelm as Branford’s concubine. The queen’s edict of duty echoes through Alexandra’s mind as she accepts the loathsome conditions for the sake of the kingdom. The only person more devastated by the circumstances is Branford himself. As Branford spurns Alexandra’s affections and King Edgar continues to press his post-war advantage, all seems lost to the young couple. Treachery still lies deep within the castle of Silverhelm, and the revelation of the traitor will come from the least likely of sources. Views: 54
Opening The Heroism of Mortals is like opening a box of intellectual firecrackers. The stories ricochet between the comically absurd, the minutely observed, the inevitability of heartbreak. Cameron examines tiny details, using his prose as a microscope: simple acts become ominous and complex, entire universes are revealed. The Heroism of Mortals peers into the little details of our lives and studies their chaos and tragedy. A soldier in the red army wants to impress his girlfriend and sparks off a tragic series of events. A couple decide to have a day out and both their lives are changed forever - and a new art movement is born. The gift of a hat demonstrates man's humanity to man. From living statues to domestic abuse in leafy Kelvinside, this collection is endlessly inventive. Fictions unfold within fictions, stories tumble into one another, lives collide in unpredictable ways and all is executed with wry and dark humour. Cameron is playing, and with dangerous toys: politics,... Views: 54
Joe Gunther is seconded to the neighboring town of Bellows Falls to
investigate harassment allegations against a fellow officer. What begins
as a seemingly open-and-shut case comes to look more and more like a
frame job as Gunther doggedly pursues the truth, and soon he finds
himself feeling around the edges of a statewide drug distribution
network. As always, Vermont itself is a major character in Mayor's
writing, with Bellows Falls standing in for any number of slowly
decaying once-proud mill towns. Views: 54
It’s never too late…
His favourite light reading comprised the four large volumes of * The Science of Police Detection * and at thirty-four he had passed all his examinations and could be promoted at once.
But Superintendent William McIntosh, Head of the C.I.D., has no intention of giving Detective Sergeant Kenneth MacDonald a promotion — not just yet.
Kenneth is desperate to get his promotion to inspector, and he’s willing to do anything it takes to get it, even though many believe he lacks the ‘human touch.’
In order to gain his promotion, he is given the task of protecting Miss Veronica Jane MacKay from an unidentified criminal known as “the Actor” from the O’Sullivan gang in New York.
Veronica Jane is everything Kenneth doesn’t understand about women.
She is brave, feisty, and gorgeous.
Most importantly, she is young and reckless and it is Kenneth’s duty to protect her.
In his journey to finally unmask “the Actor”, Kenneth must learn a great deal about women and the world if he is to gain the illusive promotion he so deeply desires….
Escort To Adventure * is a thrilling tale of crime, mystery and the uncontrollable force of love.
Praise for Angus MacVicar
“Angus MacVicar understands and loves the country, the sea and the isles of which he writes and puts much of that love into his writing." — C. V. Wedgwood in * Time and Tide *.
“Runs John Buchan close as the supreme spinner of an enthralling yarn." — Daily Express.
Angus MacVicar was a Scottish writer specialising in crime thrillers, young adult and autobiography. His other books include * The Singing Spider, The Ten Green Brothers * and * Crime’s Masquerader *.
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A gripping third chapter for one of the most unforgettable and compelling heroines in crime fiction"You have a temper, Officer Coughlin, and a propensity for violence . . . You're a bit of a hazard. To others. To yourself."Maureen Coughlin has been a cop in New Orleans for two years, and she likes to think she's gotten the lay of the land—even if she's never discharged her weapon, and even if she's a little spooked by the persistent rumors of a cash bounty on cops. But when a late-night traffic stop goes wrong, the fallout leaves her contending with troubled friends, fraying loyalties, cop-hunting enemies old and new, and an elusive, mysterious, and murderous new nemesis—all while navigating the twists and turns of a city and a police department infected with dysfunction and corruption. Bill Loehfelm, who lives in New Orleans, is a rising star in crime fiction, and in Maureen Coughlin he's found the perfect heroine: complicated,... Views: 53
SOMETHING IS LURKING IN THE WATER... On the small island of Kalou, Fiji, a rash of disappearances has the local police stumped. Men, women and children seem to disappear without a trace. Mark Whittaker is the island's sole private investigator. A former LAPD detective who moved to the island to get away from the violence of the city, he's now thrust into the middle of the disappearances when he's hired to find the brother of a mysterious client. As Mark digs into the disappearances, he discovers that something sinister and ancient has been awakened on the island. Something that kills without pity or remorse. And he fears his once island dream is about to be turned into a nightmare. Views: 53
