Luke Carlton Thriller – serie

‘It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader’ DAILY MAIL‘Outstanding’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Breathless action’ THE TIMESHidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . . They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform their country into a nuclear-armed nation, and so seal its domination of the Middle East.Britain’s intelligence agencies know something is up. Someone on the inside is ready to hand over information - but the rendezvous with SIS officer Luke Carlton goes bloodily wrong . . . Then MI6 sees an opportunity to recruit an individual with unique access to the IRGC hardliners. Luke is chosen to reel them in. Going into Iran undercover is dangerous enough, but then there’s a killing and a kidnapping and the British government is presented with a shocking ultimatum. With time running out, it seems only Luke can stop a cataclysmic new war in the Gulf . . . ________Readers love Ultimatum:***** ‘An action-packed thriller . . . very authentic’***** ‘A real page turner . . . thrilling adventure’***** ‘Gripping page turner that keeps you glued to the story’

Discover the explosive new Luke Carlton spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller and BBC security correspondent.‘Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . Exhilarating’ Sunday Times‘Genuinely unnerving and fast-paced . . . highly recommended’ Irish Independent The world is on high alert. Across the strait from Taiwan, China’s armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People’s Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?A mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership has some explosive intel that could defuse this geo-political timebomb. But before Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service can get hold of the data, the ‘collector’ sent to recover it is abducted.As global tensions rise, MI6 operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious information she carries.With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and down multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan – a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it’s there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. . .Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving and explosive thriller yet.Praise for Frank Gardner:'Fast, taut, tense, accurate.' Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal'Utterly authentic.' Daily Mail‘Thriller writing of a high order.' Financial Times'Nerve-shredding.' Tony Parsons, bestselling author of the Max Wolfe series'Heart-in-mouth.' i-Newspaper'Compulsively readable.' Radio Times

THE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER.MI6 operative Luke Carlton returns in his most exciting and unnervingly up-to-the-minute mission yet . . . Get ready for the new edge-of-your-seat spy thriller from the bestselling author.In the dying light of an Arctic afternoon a monstrous black shape slips beneath the waters of Murmansk bay. Murmansk in the Arctic Circle is where the Russian navy's fleet of nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines is based - and the Novorussiya is one of Russia's most advanced nuclear submarines . . .With a high-ranking mole deep inside Russia's FSB, Britain's security services are now convinced that Russia is poised to use a terrifying, game-changing device. As the West goes into a state of high alert, MI6 operative Luke Carlton is dropped into the hot zone that is the Finnish-Russian border. His mission to secure the safe extraction of this vital MI6 asset and secure the intel he has in his possession, because it seems that we could be staring Armageddon in the face.It's then that things start to go devastatingly wrong . . .Breathlessly exciting, brilliantly authentic and unnervingly prescient, Ballistic is the new Luke Carlton thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author and journalist who has his finger on the pulse of 21st century geo-politics and knows where the dangerous flashpoints are likely to be . . .Praise for Frank Gardner's other Luke Carlton thrillers:‘Tensions rise to boiling point . . . Gardner cuts to the molten core of a modern flashpoint in an electric thriller.’ SUN ‘Fast, taught, tense, accurate. A terrific read.’ FREDERICK FORSYTH‘Thriller-writing of the highest order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise.’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Full of tomorrow’s headlines . . . this is intelligent, high-voltage storytelling of the very highest order.’ TONY PARSONS‘Confirms Frank Gardner’s place among the pantheon of distinguished reporters who have become excellent thriller writers, including Gerald Seymour and Frederick Forsyth . . . utterly authentic.’ DAILY MAIL‘Combines insider knowledge with heart-in-mouth excitement.’ i-NEWSPAPER‘Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . exhilarating (if alarming) topicality.’ SUNDAY TIMES

'Fast, taut, tense, accurate. A terrific read' FREDERICK FORSYTH'Authenticity seeps from every page . . . this is a promising start' DAILY MAIL Introducing Luke Carlton - ex-Special Boat Service commando, and now under contract to MI6 for some of its most dangerous missions.Sent into the steaming Colombian jungle to investigate the murder of a British intelligence officer, Luke finds himself caught up in the coils of a plot that has terrifying international dimensions.Hunted down, captured, tortured and on the run from one of South America's most powerful and ruthless drugs cartels and its psychotic leader thirsting for revenge, Luke is in a life-or-death race against time to prevent a disaster on a truly terrifying scale: London is the target, the weapon is diabolical and the means of delivery is ingenious.Drawing on his years of experience reporting on security matters, CRISIS is Frank Gardner's debut novel. Combining insider knowledge, up-to-the-minute hardware, fly on the wall insights with heart-in-mouth excitement, CRISIS boasts an irresistible, visceral frisson of authenticity: smart, fast-paced and furiously entertaining, here is a thriller for the 21st century.Readers are gripped by Crisis:***** 'An excellently written page turner, full of intrigue.'***** 'It kept me engrossed and on the edge of my seat.'***** 'Superb writing style. Gripping story line.'Luke Carlton returns in Frank Gardner's third, explosive thriller OUTBREAK. Available for pre-order now.

‘It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader’ DAILY MAIL‘Outstanding’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Breathless action’ THE TIMESHidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . . They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform their country into a nuclear-armed nation, and so seal its domination of the Middle East.Britain’s intelligence agencies know something is up. Someone on the inside is ready to hand over information - but the rendezvous with SIS officer Luke Carlton goes bloodily wrong . . .Then MI6 sees an opportunity to recruit an individual with unique access to the IRGC hardliners. Luke is chosen to reel them in. Going into Iran undercover is dangerous enough, but then there’s a killing and a kidnapping and the British government is presented with a shocking ultimatum.With time running out, it seems only Luke can stop a cataclysmic new war in the Gulf . . .________Readers love Ultimatum:***** ‘An action-packed thriller . . . very authentic’***** ‘A real page turner . . . thrilling adventure’***** ‘Gripping page turner that keeps you glued to the story’

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***The explosive new thriller featuring MI6 operative Luke Carlton on his most terrifying mission yet. Deep within the Arctic Circle, three scientists from the UK's Arctic Research Station trudge through a blizzard in search of shelter. They see a cabin ahead. It appears abandoned. No lights. No snowmobile outside. But as they push open the door, the smell hits them. Rank and foetid: there's something bad inside. Then movement. A man lies slumped, his face disfigured by livid pustules. Blood runs from his nostrils; his chest glistens blackly. The team's medic, Dr Sheila Mackenzie, pushes forward to examine him when the convulsions start. Blood, bile and mucus spray into the air. The doctor knows it's too late - she's been contaminated . . . Within hours, a full-scale operation to contain this contagion is underway. Samples are rushed to the laboratories at Porton Down on high alert. What they discover changes everything. Supported by phone and data intercepts, British Intelligence reaches a terrifying conclusion: that Russia has been developing a new generation of bio-weapons. Dispatched to investigate, MI6's Luke Carlton finds himself on a serpentine trail of lies and deception. From a mysterious factory in Lithuania, via arrest and imprisonment, and ultimately back to Britain, he discovers that they've been looking in the wrong place all along . . .Readers are raving about Outbreak***** 'A fast-paced espionage thriller with a timely premise'***** 'A sharp and fast-paced thriller'***** 'A great read for fans old and new'***** 'One of the best thrillers of 2021'

Discover the explosive new Luke Carlton spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller and BBC security correspondent.‘Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . Exhilarating’ Sunday Times‘Genuinely unnerving and fast-paced . . . highly recommended’ Irish Independent The world is on high alert. Across the strait from Taiwan, China’s armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People’s Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?A mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership has some explosive intel that could defuse this geo-political timebomb. But before Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service can get hold of the data, the ‘collector’ sent to recover it is abducted.As global tensions rise, MI6 operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious information she carries.With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and down multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan – a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it’s there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. . .Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving and explosive thriller yet.Praise for Frank Gardner:'Fast, taut, tense, accurate.' Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal'Utterly authentic.' Daily Mail‘Thriller writing of a high order.' Financial Times'Nerve-shredding.' Tony Parsons, bestselling author of the Max Wolfe series'Heart-in-mouth.' i-Newspaper'Compulsively readable.' Radio Times

THE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER.'Another corker . . . Gardner is a worthy successor to the late, great Frederick Forsyth . . . absolutely stirring stuff. 9/10' EXPRESS‘Gardner’s up-to-the-minute thrillers combine authentic tradecraft, geopolitical insight and page-turning suspense.’ CHARLES CUMMINGMI6 operative Luke Carlton returns in his most exciting and unnervingly up-to-the-minute mission yet . . . this is the new edge-of-your-seat spy thriller from the bestselling author.In the dying light of an Arctic afternoon a monstrous black shape slips beneath the waters of Murmansk bay. Murmansk in the Arctic Circle is where Russia's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines is based - and the Novorossiya is one of their navy's most advanced - and dangerous - vessels . . .Acting on information received from a high-ranking mole deep inside Russia's FSB, Britain's security services are convinced that the submarine is about to deploy a terrifying, game-changing device. As Europe goes into a state of high alert, MI6 operative Luke Carlton is sent into the hot zone that is the Finnish-Russian border. His mission to secure the safe extraction of this valuable MI6 asset and the intel he has in his possession - because it seems the West could be staring Armageddon in the face.It's then that things start to go devastatingly wrong . . .Breathlessly exciting, brilliantly authentic and unnervingly prescient, Ballistic is the new Luke Carlton thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author and journalist who has his finger on the pulse of 21st century geo-politics and knows where the dangerous flashpoints are likely to be . . .Praise for Frank Gardner's other Luke Carlton thrillers:‘Tensions rise to boiling point . . . Gardner cuts to the molten core of a modern flashpoint in an electric thriller.’ SUN ‘Fast, taught, tense, accurate. A terrific read.’ FREDERICK FORSYTH‘Thriller-writing of the highest order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise.’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Full of tomorrow’s headlines . . . this is intelligent, high-voltage storytelling of the very highest order.’ TONY PARSONS‘Confirms Frank Gardner’s place among the pantheon of distinguished reporters who have become excellent thriller writers, including Gerald Seymour and Frederick Forsyth . . . utterly authentic.’ DAILY MAIL‘Combines insider knowledge with heart-in-mouth excitement.’ i-NEWSPAPER‘Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . exhilarating (if alarming) topicality.’ SUNDAY TIMES

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***The explosive new thriller featuring MI6 operative Luke Carlton on his most terrifying mission yet. Deep within the Arctic Circle, three scientists from the UK's Arctic Research Station trudge through a blizzard in search of shelter. They see a cabin ahead. It appears abandoned. No lights. No snowmobile outside. But as they push open the door, the smell hits them. Rank and foetid: there's something bad inside. Then movement. A man lies slumped, his face disfigured by livid pustules. Blood runs from his nostrils; his chest glistens blackly. The team's medic, Dr Sheila Mackenzie, pushes forward to examine him when the convulsions start. Blood, bile and mucus spray into the air. The doctor knows it's too late - she's been contaminated . . . Within hours, a full-scale operation to contain this contagion is underway. Samples are rushed to the laboratories at Porton Down on high alert. What they discover changes everything. Supported by phone and data intercepts, British Intelligence reaches a terrifying conclusion: that Russia has been developing a new generation of bio-weapons. Dispatched to investigate, MI6's Luke Carlton finds himself on a serpentine trail of lies and deception. From a mysterious factory in Lithuania, via arrest and imprisonment, and ultimately back to Britain, he discovers that they've been looking in the wrong place all along . . .Readers are raving about Outbreak***** 'A fast-paced espionage thriller with a timely premise'***** 'A sharp and fast-paced thriller'***** 'A great read for fans old and new'***** 'One of the best thrillers of 2021'

THE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER.'Another corker . . . Gardner is a worthy successor to the late, great Frederick Forsyth . . . absolutely stirring stuff. 9/10' EXPRESS‘Gardner’s up-to-the-minute thrillers combine authentic tradecraft, geopolitical insight and page-turning suspense.’ CHARLES CUMMINGMI6 operative Luke Carlton returns in his most exciting and unnervingly up-to-the-minute mission yet . . . this is the new edge-of-your-seat spy thriller from the bestselling author.In the dying light of an Arctic afternoon a monstrous black shape slips beneath the waters of Murmansk bay. Murmansk in the Arctic Circle is where Russia's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines is based - and the Novorossiya is one of their navy's most advanced - and dangerous - vessels . . .Acting on information received from a high-ranking mole deep inside Russia's FSB, Britain's security services are convinced that the submarine is about to deploy a terrifying, game-changing device. As Europe goes into a state of high alert, MI6 operative Luke Carlton is sent into the hot zone that is the Finnish-Russian border. His mission to secure the safe extraction of this valuable MI6 asset and the intel he has in his possession - because it seems the West could be staring Armageddon in the face.It's then that things start to go devastatingly wrong . . .Breathlessly exciting, brilliantly authentic and unnervingly prescient, Ballistic is the new Luke Carlton thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author and journalist who has his finger on the pulse of 21st century geo-politics and knows where the dangerous flashpoints are likely to be . . .Praise for Frank Gardner's other Luke Carlton thrillers:‘Tensions rise to boiling point . . . Gardner cuts to the molten core of a modern flashpoint in an electric thriller.’ SUN ‘Fast, taught, tense, accurate. A terrific read.’ FREDERICK FORSYTH‘Thriller-writing of the highest order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise.’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Full of tomorrow’s headlines . . . this is intelligent, high-voltage storytelling of the very highest order.’ TONY PARSONS‘Confirms Frank Gardner’s place among the pantheon of distinguished reporters who have become excellent thriller writers, including Gerald Seymour and Frederick Forsyth . . . utterly authentic.’ DAILY MAIL‘Combines insider knowledge with heart-in-mouth excitement.’ i-NEWSPAPER‘Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . exhilarating (if alarming) topicality.’ SUNDAY TIMES

'Fast, taut, tense, accurate. A terrific read' FREDERICK FORSYTH'Authenticity seeps from every page . . . this is a promising start' DAILY MAIL Introducing Luke Carlton - ex-Special Boat Service commando, and now under contract to MI6 for some of its most dangerous missions.Sent into the steaming Colombian jungle to investigate the murder of a British intelligence officer, Luke finds himself caught up in the coils of a plot that has terrifying international dimensions.Hunted down, captured, tortured and on the run from one of South America's most powerful and ruthless drugs cartels and its psychotic leader thirsting for revenge, Luke is in a life-or-death race against time to prevent a disaster on a truly terrifying scale: London is the target, the weapon is diabolical and the means of delivery is ingenious.Drawing on his years of experience reporting on security matters, CRISIS is Frank Gardner's debut novel. Combining insider knowledge, up-to-the-minute hardware, fly on the wall insights with heart-in-mouth excitement, CRISIS boasts an irresistible, visceral frisson of authenticity: smart, fast-paced and furiously entertaining, here is a thriller for the 21st century.Readers are gripped by Crisis:***** 'An excellently written page turner, full of intrigue.'***** 'It kept me engrossed and on the edge of my seat.'***** 'Superb writing style. Gripping story line.'Luke Carlton returns in Frank Gardner's third, explosive thriller OUTBREAK. Available for pre-order now.