End Game
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
When the author of a book about secret government operations goes missing – along with his agent, and the manuscript itself – Police Inspector Robert Finlay is thrust into a complex and terrifying investigation. The final instalment in a searingly authentic series.
'A taut, knife-edge thriller you won't put down till the last full stop' M R Hall
'Matt Johnson's real-life experiences shine through in the vivid plotting and authentic action' Rob Sinclair
'Another fast-moving and beautifully detailed page-turner from a master thriller writer' Robert Daws
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Robert Finlay has finally left his SAS past behind him and is settled into his new career as a detective, but when the author of a book about secret operations goes missing, along with his agent and an explosive new manuscript, it's clear that Finlay's troubles are far from over.
With his friend and former colleague, Kevin Jones, in trouble, and police complaints branch gunning for them both, Robert teams up with MI5 agent Toni Fellowes to find out who's behind the growing conspiracy. Their quest soon reveals a plot that goes to the very heart of the UK's security services.
End Game, the final part in the critically acclaimed Robert Finlay trilogy, sees our hero in an intricate and terrifyingly fast-paced race to uncover the truth and escape those who'd sooner have him dead than be exposed.
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'A compelling mix of highly credible detail, tactics, procedures, and all striated into the political games that the intelligence services play. Highly Recommended' Shots Mag
'Gripping stuff' New Welsh Review
'Matt Johnson is a brilliant new name in the world of thrillers' Peter James
'This tense, edge-of-the-seat writing will keep fans frantically turning the pages as they race towards the conclusion' Amanda Jennings
'Utterly compelling and dripping with authenticity' J S Law
'Five shining gold stars of brilliant' The Quiet Knitter
'Nothing is clear-cut in a gripping labyrinthine plot, which – despite thrills and spills aplenty – never falls short of believable' David Young
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in London in 2002, Johnson's hard-hitting conclusion to his trilogy featuring Det. Insp. Robert Finlay (after 2017's Deadly Game) finds Finlay and his fellow Security Service agents operating in a world in which your enemies and your allies are often the same, and knowing who to trust and how far to trust are essential to survival. The nominal but unknown enemy is the secret organization Al Anfal; just about everyone privy to a revealing document about Al Anfal winds up dead. The known enemies include Supt. Jim Mellor, the feared head of the Met's Complaint Investigation Branch, who dares Finlay to throw a punch in a brief but tense confrontation at a police station. The stakes rise when Finlay's colleague Kevin Jones is cleverly framed for the murder of his girlfriend and arrested. Jones makes a daring prison escape that brings the action to a head. The relentless violence will weary some readers. Johnson, a former solider and Metropolitan Police officer, is at his best in detailing bureaucratic maneuvering.
