Cold Justice: The Sunday Times bestselling thriller (Mallory)

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Six months ago when the hero of the story Mallory and his team are making plans to enter a compound where they have information that Anwar Salim an enemy commander will be holding a meeting with Omar Massoud one of his top men. You feel for this broken man, who is bearing an unbearable guilt that he has no way of unloading, although a quick punch up in the local bar, helps a little. He is flawed, probably suffering ptsd, as well as feeling responsibility for his friend Donno's continuing condition.

One day Donnos mother asks him to help her find Donnos brother who went missing in South Africa a few weeks earlier. Unlike pretty much every action or fantasy book out there, the reader never needs to suspend their belief: the action, the characters, the way everyone behaves is as real as it gets. This operational choice not only went wrong, but it ended up costing many of the soldiers under his command their lives, and Mallory is haunted by that fact every day. This was a really good story, fast paced, action packed, thoughtful and yes, a bit violent, but you can skim over those bits if they’re not really for you.Born in Portsmouth and raised in rural France, Ant set his sights on a career in the armed forces and didn't stop striving until he achieved his goal. His exploits take us to the streets of Johannesburg, the relative quiet of Birmingham and get down and dirty in the swamps of New Orleans. When he is there, Donno’s mother asks him to do her a favour and find her other son, Scott, who she hasn’t been able to contact for three weeks.

Cold Justice" is an extremely unsettling and exciting book not because of what happens in it but because of who the author is. Although spaced carefully throughout the book, the chapters give a real insight into the man and the tragedy that haunts him. Cold Justice is a scintillating and wildly entertaining, tension-soaked action-adventure thriller from renowned special forces soldier and TV personality Ant Middleton. As Mallory heads to South Africa, I got an blow by blow insight into his past traumas as the story jumped between timelines all held together by one man in a coma. Not a genre I would normally select, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the antics of superstar Mallory who is a combo of Rambo, James Bond, and the Transporter all rolled into one.It's a truly globetrotting thriller as Mallory traverses the globe trying to complete his mission and it becomes even more enthralling and absorbing as it progresses with the tension being ratcheted up to extreme levels towards the end; it leaves you feeling breathless, and before you know it another similarly nail-biting moment swiftly arrives. The chapters are short, the pacing just right and the tension well maintained throughout the novel, keeping me turning the pages and determined to see what is what and who the not quite so invisible enemy really are. First time I’ve read anything related to this genre, wasn’t expecting much, however I was pleasantly surprised. Then Donno's mother asks him for help: her other son, Scott, has gone missing in South Africa, and she wants Mallory to find him. This is a compulsive, exciting and action-packed international action-adventure thriller with never a dull moment and a riveting, superbly woven plot that is all about vengeance and redemption.

A powerhouse of a thriller laden with explosive twists and pulse-pounding developments right from the start, this is a white knuckle ride from the off and the best action-thriller of the year, so if you enjoy fast and furious thrillers that keep you scintillated throughout then this is a must-read. The plot follows Mallory, who used to be in the services but withdrew after an incident on duty which put his mate in hospital in a coma. Perhaps it’s redemption, perhaps he’s looking for revenge on the world, but suddenly Mallory has a purpose, and nothing and no one is going to stand in his way. Cold Justice is filled with thrilling details and insights that can come only from boots-in-the-mud experience. Then Donno’s mother asks him for help: her other son, Scott, has gone missing in South Africa, and she wants Mallory to find him.And so ensues a deeply dangerous and heart-pounding journey across the globe, and, as always, once Mallory has committed himself to a situation there is no going back in his mind.

It's dark, gritty and nail-biting with high stakes and increasingly palpable suspense that cannot fail to give you palpitations. If you like action thrillers, then this is definitely one you should be adding to your reading list. Scott and Donno's dad died in a tragic accident a little while before Donno got hurt, could the death of Bartho and Scott's disappearance be connected?I did start liking Mallory less towards the end, where he became more like an American propaganda hero than the traumatized man he started as but that final plot twist at the end was everything I didn't know I wanted and left me screaming!