Matthew Hall

This intelligent thriller is his best work yet

This is an ideal piece of escapism. I heartily recommend it

A Bond-style thriller for the 21st century. . . Written with pace and great panache, it feels like a movie already

Hall probes how a real-life Jack Reacher figure might cope with years of taking lives for the greater good, and Black's inner conflict gives the firefights and betrayals erupting around him unusual depth

Matthew Hall has crafted an action thriller with more texture than most

An edge-of-the-seat thriller . . . should come with a health warning

Fasten your seatbelts for a quality thriller . . .

For twenty years Leo Black was in the SAS. 
Now he lectures on violence instead of committing it. 
Having put his soldiering days long behind him, Black pursues a respectful academic life. 
 
But when a former comrade in arms is killed trying to prevent a scientist's abduction, Black is faced with an unexpected choice. 
 
Be the upright citizen the university demands - or avenge the dead man to whom he owes his life . . .

The Black Art of Killing

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This intelligent thriller is his best work yet

This is an ideal piece of escapism. I heartily recommend it

A Bond-style thriller for the 21st century. . . Written with pace and great panache, it feels like a movie already

This intelligent thriller is his best work yet

This is an ideal piece of escapism. I heartily recommend it

A Bond-style thriller for the 21st century. . . Written with pace and great panache, it feels like a movie already

This intelligent thriller is his best work yet

This is an ideal piece of escapism. I heartily recommend it

A Bond-style thriller for the 21st century. . . Written with pace and great panache, it feels like a movie already

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