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    Deadly Game

    By Matt Johnson

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    Police Inspector Robert Finlay takes on a ruthless criminal gang, as he and his new partner Nina investigate a sex-trafficking ring … the second instalment in the addictive, searingly authentic Robert Finlay series.

    **NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**

    ‘Nothing is clear-cut in a gripping labyrinthine plot, which – despite thrills and spills aplenty – never falls short of believable’ David Young

    ‘Terse, tense and vivid writing’ Peter James

    ‘The magic mix of jeopardy, emotion and action. I could not put it down’ Louise Voss

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    Reeling from the attempts on his life and that of his family, Police Inspector Robert Finlay returns to work to discover that any hope of a peaceful existence has been dashed.

    Assigned to investigate the Eastern European sex-slave industry just as a key witness is murdered. Finlay, along with his new partner Nina Brasov, finds himself facing a ruthless criminal gang, determined to keep control of the traffic of people into the UK. On the home front, Finlay’s efforts to protect his wife and child may have been in vain, as an MI5 protection officer uncovers a covert secret service operation that threatens them all…

    Aided by new allies, he must not only protect his family but save a colleague from an unseen enemy … and a shocking fate.

    Deadly Game is a stunning, terrifying and eye-opening thriller from one of the most exciting new names in crime fiction.

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    ‘Utterly compelling and dripping with authenticity. This summer’s must-read thriller’ J S Law

    ‘From the first page to the last, an authentic, magnetic and completely absorbing read’ Sir Ranulph Fiennes

    ‘A genuine page-turner, very well written, and just flows from one scenario to the next. It is clear the author lived through these times and this is evident in knowledge and description. Excellent’ Ian Patrick

    ‘It’s this normality about Finlay that appealed to me and kept me reading. The believability of the story. The authenticity’ Rebecca Bradley

    ‘Gripping stuff’ New Welsh Review

    'Finlay’s first-person narrative voice is punchy and to the point, and the switching between him and the third person points of view carries the story along smoothly. Mention should be made of the interesting supporting cast that add layers of intrigue into the narrative and compels the reader to look out for these thrillers from Matt Johnson. Highly Recommended’ Shots Magazine

    ‘This tense, edge-of-the-seat writing will keep fans frantically turning the pages as they race towards the conclusion’ Amanda Jennings

    ‘A top-notch thriller with a dark heart and an emotional soul’ Liz Loves Books

    'Deadly Game combines spy thriller and police procedural extremely well and should certainly be destined for the shelves of anyone into their conspiracy thrillers' Crime Fiction Lover

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherORENDA BOOKS
    Release dateFeb 20, 2017
    ISBN9781910633670
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    Matt Johnson

    Matt Johnson, PhD is a speaker, researcher, and writer specializing in the application of psychology and neuroscience to marketing. He is the author of the best-selling consumer psychology book Blindsight, and a regular contributor to major news outlets including Psychology Today, Forbes, and BBC. As the co-founder of the neuromarketing firm Pop Neuro, he also consults with a wide range of brands, including as an expert-in-residence for Nike. He is a Professor of Psychology of Marketing and Hult International Business School, and an instructor at Harvard University's Division of Continuing Education. You can find more about his work and writing at mattjohnsonisme.com.

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      Deadly Game - as addictive as heroinIf you were blown away by Matt Johnson’s 2016 debut Wicked Game, then Deadly Game will leave you breathless, as this new Robert Finlay is as addictive as heroin, but without the needles or the need to smoke. Deadly Game, and Matt Johnson has raised his game, this book has a multi-layered narrative, the plot is mind blowing creating a tense and very exciting thriller you will not want to put down.I was blown by Matt Johnson’s writing when he debuted 2016, the characterisation, the plot, the pace, and the knowledge make for an exhilarating, at times twisted and dark thriller, where you really do want to cheer on for Team Finlay. What this guy has been through and still in the police and still being treated like a mushroom by both Mi5 and Mi6. Deadly Game is most definitely a stunning thriller touching on one of the great crimes of our age, human trafficking.Robert Finlay is current living in an Mi5 safe house in London with his family, and all he wants to do is get back to work as a Police Inspector with the Met. The problem is his colleagues see him as a bullet magnet, and do not want to work near him, but his Mi5 liaison officer Toni Fellowes is trying to find him a place back in the force. When he gets a message to contact the commander of the Anti-Terrorist Branch who is willing to take him back but he will have to become a detective inspector and learn on the job, but he is going to an ant-trafficking investigation.Teamed up with a highly efficient DS Nina Brasov he is going to be looking into trafficking of people in to the UK from Eastern Europe. When he and Brasov go to check on a witness and find her dead they are drawn in to the murder investigation and stumble on the killer. A killer who Finlay recognises from a recent wedding he has attended and he realises that this is not going to be an easy case.When the trafficking gang take an off-duty police officer out of her car, Finlay knows he is in a race against time, and he does not know who to trust. With Mi5 and Mi6 interested in what he is doing but providing little help when needed, with corrupt police officers, he turns to the only people he can really trust, members of the SAS.Will he be able to get back a Met colleague alive, will he be able to move on and know that he is finally free from the spooks in his life. Robert Finlay is complicated person who you cannot help but like, he is human and makes poor decisions but will he be able to rescue a colleague and save trafficked women before they are murdered when they are no longer useful.A stunning thriller, a real page turner, well researched and written by a brilliant storyteller.