{"product_id":"wicked-game-matt-johnson-9781910633410","title":"Wicked Game: Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eRoyalty Protection Team officer Robert Finlay is looking forward to a quieter life, when two police officers are killed and their links to his own past becomes clear ... putting everyone's lives in danger. A startlingly authentic debut ... first in a page-turning, searing new series. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e **NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** \u003cbr\u003e **Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger** \u003cbr\u003e **LoveReading Debut of the Month** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Terse, tense and vivid writing. Matt Johnson is a brilliant new name in the world of thrillers. And he's going to be a big name' \u003cb\u003ePeter James\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'From the first page to the last, an authentic, magnetic and completely absorbing read' \u003cb\u003eSir Ranulph Fiennes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ____________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2001. Age is catching up with Robert Finlay, a police officer on the Royalty Protection team based in London. He's looking forward to returning to uniform policing and a less stressful life with his new family. But fate has other plans. Finlay's deeply traumatic, carefully concealed past is about to return to haunt him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A policeman is killed by a bomb blast, and a second is gunned down in his own driveway. Both of the murdered men were former Army colleagues from Finlay's own SAS regiment, and in a series of explosive events, it becomes clear that he is not the ordinary man that his colleagues, friends and new family think he is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And so begins a game of cat and mouse - a wicked game, in which Finlay is the target, forced to test his long-buried skills in a fight against a determined and unidentified enemy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWicked Game\u003c\/i\u003e is a taut, action-packed, emotive thriller about a man who might be your neighbour, a man who is forced to confront his past in order to face a threat that may wipe out his future, a man who is willing to do anything to protect the people he loves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But is it too late? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ____________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Utterly compelling and dripping with authenticity. This summer's must-read thriller' \u003cb\u003eJ S Law\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Out of terrible personal circumstances, Matt Johnson has written a barnstormer of a thriller. Nothing is clear-cut in a gripping labyrinthine plot, which - despite thrills and spills aplenty - never falls short of believable' \u003cb\u003eDavid Young\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003ci\u003eWicked Game\u003c\/i\u003e has the authenticity I look for in a thriller. While the plot kept me turning pages, the characters made me care. Matt writes like a man who has lived it' \u003cb\u003eKevin Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Johnson litters his tale with the plotting equivalent of incendiaries: cops we don't quite trust, a career that came abruptly to an end, a secret needing to be kept ... Gripping stuff' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Welsh Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910633410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910633410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orenda Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2016","brand":"Matt Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442632700159,"sku":"9781910633410","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_001c7911-2458-4eed-900f-d7e66084c4a9.jpg?v=1777198712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wicked-game-matt-johnson-9781910633410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}