The Cleaner
a brutal, unputdownable spy novel. You’ll be on the edge of your seat…
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4.1 • 13 Ratings
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Brett Battles's debut novel has it all: exotic locations, ingenious plot twists and gritty action. If you're a fan of Jason Bourne, James Bond or Jack Reacher, what more could you want?
'Brett Battles make a grand entrance into the thriller scene' - Tess Gerritsen
'A brilliant and heart-pounding thriller' - Jeffrey Deaver
'Catnip for thriller readers' - John Lescroart
'The author is even better than they are telling you. None stop action delivered with outstanding pace and style' -- ***** Reader review
'Very difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review
'Fast paced, believable, gripping. Can't wait to read the next one!' -- ***** Reader review
'Buy this book and read it, you won't regret it' -- ***** Reader review
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JONATHAN QUINN'S WORK COMES AFTER THE CRIME. BUT NOW THE CRIME'S COMING AFTER HIM.
Quinn is a freelancer working for 'the Office', a shadowy criminal organisation. His job is to clean up crime scenes - dispose of bodies, wipe away prints - anything to help them get away with it.
His latest job seems simple enough: investigate a suspicious case of arson. Until the moment a dead body turns up where it doesn't belong, and Quinn's Office handlers go strangely silent.
The Office is under threat, and someone wants him dead.
And if Quinn can't figure out what's going on from only a handful of clues, he'll never clean another crime scene.
He'll be the crime scene.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Displaying an enviable gift for pacing and action, Battles's debut novel is a page-turner that may remind some readers of the cult TV spy series Alias. Ex-cop Jonathan Quinn now works for a shadowy U.S. intelligence agency known merely as the Office, erasing all traces of violence and mayhem when an operation goes south. During an apparently routine assignment to look into a fatal fire that claimed the life of Robert Taggart, a viral biologist, in his Colorado home, Quinn finds evidence that Taggart was murdered, and that discovery is followed by an attempt on Quinn's own life. While Quinn survives, he learns that the Office's top operatives have been killed in near-simultaneous attacks. Quinn, who makes a compelling protagonist, heads to Europe to track down the mastermind behind the scheme. Admirers of quality espionage fiction can look forward to a new series worth following.
