Protector – serie

Mickey Bale, a Met close protection officer, wants revenge on the mafia family who killed his sister. First in The Protector, a gripping British thriller series from Anthony Riches. ''Nemesis is a full-throttle adventure'' ANDY McNAB''Fast-moving... The Bill meets Jack Reacher'' THE TIMES Thriller of the MonthThey killed his sister. Now he''ll kill them all. Mickey Bale is an elite close protection officer. That''s why the Met police has given him the toughest job of all: guarding the Minister of Defence at a moment when Chinese-British relations have hit a deadly boiling point.And when Mickey''s life isn''t on the line for his work, he''s taking his chances waging war on a powerful London gang family. Their dealer supplied a lethal ecstasy pill to his sister, and Mickey is determined to take them down, one at a time.But will he get away with it – or will his colleagues in the force realise that the man on an underworld killing spree is one of their own?''Nemesis is a full-throttle adventure that twists and turns from the corridors of power to London''s gangland underbelly, propelled by a hero with a thirst for vengeance and the skillset to execute it'' Andy McNab''Nemesis kicks like a 12-bore shotgun... A British thriller to rival Reacher'' Giles Kristian''Mickey Bale is a Jack Reacher for a harder, faster, more assured millennium. Nemesis is the kind of book for which the word ''compelling'' was coined'' Manda Scott''Meet Mickey Bale – London''s John Wick. A rocket-propelled grenade of a book, shot through with gallows humour. Guy Ritchie meets Lee Child'' Robyn Young''This may be Riches'' first contemporary-set novel but he throws his protagonist into a gladiatorial climax worthy of Ancient Rome'' Shots

The Protector is back. Mickey Bale must hunt down military-grade warheads in this gripping British thriller from Anthony Riches.Former close protection officer Mickey Bale has a dangerous skillset. One that many men, good and bad, want to make use of. That''s why a powerful oligarch wants to hire Mickey to protect him. And with his wife gone and his track record with the Met in tatters, Mickey doesn''t have a choice.But when a terrorist attack kills a police firearms team, MI5 suspect that Mickey''s new client and the Russian GRU are involved. The bomb was a military-grade Sunburn missile warhead. And there are more warheads out there.Blackmailed by MI5 into spying on the client he was hired to protect, Mickey is pushed to his limits by his new double-agent status. If he doesn''t locate the other warheads, thousands of civilians will die – and time is running out...Reviews for Anthony Riches: ''An utterly compelling read'' Manda Scott ''The Bill meets Jack Reacher'' The Times ''A full-throttle adventure that twists and turns'' Andy McNab

Mickey Bale, a Met close protection officer, wants revenge on the mafia family who killed his sister. First in The Protector, a gripping British thriller series from Anthony Riches. 'Nemesis is a full-throttle adventure' ANDY McNAB'Fast-moving... The Bill meets Jack Reacher' THE TIMES Thriller of the MonthThey killed his sister. Now he'll kill them all. Mickey Bale is an elite close protection officer. That's why the Met police has given him the toughest job of all: guarding the Minister of Defence at a moment when Chinese-British relations have hit a deadly boiling point.And when Mickey's life isn't on the line for his work, he's taking his chances waging war on a powerful London gang family. Their dealer supplied a lethal ecstasy pill to his sister, and Mickey is determined to take them down, one at a time.But will he get away with it – or will his colleagues in the force realise that the man on an underworld killing spree is one of their own?'Nemesis is a full-throttle adventure that twists and turns from the corridors of power to London's gangland underbelly, propelled by a hero with a thirst for vengeance and the skillset to execute it' Andy McNab'Nemesis kicks like a 12-bore shotgun... A British thriller to rival Reacher' Giles Kristian'Mickey Bale is a Jack Reacher for a harder, faster, more assured millennium. Nemesis is the kind of book for which the word 'compelling' was coined' Manda Scott'Meet Mickey Bale – London's John Wick. A rocket-propelled grenade of a book, shot through with gallows humour. Guy Ritchie meets Lee Child' Robyn Young'This may be Riches' first contemporary-set novel but he throws his protagonist into a gladiatorial climax worthy of Ancient Rome' Shots