Bøger af Mark David Abbott

Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served cold and no-one knows this better than John Hayes.After dealing with the mercenaries sent to kill him in Oman, John realizes he can never live in peace knowing the man who sent them, the man ultimately responsible for endangering the woman he loves, is still roaming free.To hunt him down John must draw on all his courage and will power, and return to where it all began.India.Reprisal is another exciting, nail-biting adventure once again starring John Hayes, an ordinary man in extraordinary situations.

After a chance encounter in the lobby of a Dubai hotel, someone from the dark corners of John's past comes back to haunt him, threatening to sabotage an idyllic holiday and to annihilate everything John Hayes holds dear. No Escape, another fast-moving page-turning thriller in the John Hayes Thriller Series, takes you from the glitzy hotels of Dubai to the vast desert sands of Oman, where once again John has to dig deep and call upon all his wits to fight evil and save the woman he loves.

John Hayes is trying to move on but it's not easy.Haunted by nightmares after the death of his wife he attempts to start a new life in Hong Kong, but the excitement and glamour of the city soon wears off and he finds himself deep in a rut. A mental state bordering on depression, a job he hates, and a salary that fails to last until the end of the month.Until one day he finds a million dollars in his bank account!It could change his life forever, but.....it comes with dangerous strings attached. Once again he is tested. Should he keep the money, break the law and potentially turn his life around, or should he give it all up and continue with his unhappy depressing existence? Just how far is he willing to go?What would you do?'A Million Reasons' is the exciting follow up to 'Vengeance,' the first book in the extremely well received John Hayes SeriesWhat reviewers have said:Hard to put down !Captivating from the first page!Great story. Great characters. A strong new entry into the thriller genre.What a finely-crafted, intriguing tale! I can definitely recommend it,

John Hayes thought returning home to see his ageing parents would be a simple visit, but when he discovers a dangerous new neighbor harassing them, he's forced to take action. Determined to protect his family, John takes matters into his own hands and sets out on a mission to stop the bully. As the stakes rise and the action becomes more intense, Hayes is forced to confront his own demons and seek redemption in the face of adversity. This page-turner of a thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

When expat John Hayes' wife is brutally attacked while on a posting in India, he's forced to take matters into his own hands. John Hayes' life is perfect. He has a dream job in an exotic land, his career path is on an upward trajectory and at home he has a beautiful wife whom he loves with all his heart. But one horrible day a brutal incident tears this all away from him and his life is destroyed. He doesn't know who is to blame, he doesn't know what to do, and the police fail to help. He's faced with a choice. Should he accept things and move on with his life or take action and do what the authorities won't do for him? What would you do?

When your past continually haunts you, sometimes you need to look within. John can't sleep. Nightmares plague the hours of darkness, traumatic flashbacks fill his days. It's affecting his health, and it's affecting his relationship with the woman he loves. An unusual but charismatic man he meets in a Sri Lankan hotel claims to have all the answers. He says he can help John heal his troubled mind so, on a whim, John journeys to his picturesque ashram high in the Sri Lankan hills to find out for himself. Will John find what he's looking for?

John has unfinished business and it's eating away at himA chance email alerting him to the reappearance of an old enemy, Atman, triggers doubt, guilt, frustration, and anger. How is Atman still roaming free, as if nothing happened? Why won't the authorities do anything about it? To make matters worse, Atman is in a country where John could face arrest the minute he steps on its soil. India. Should John risk his freedom and possibly his life, or leave it up to the authorities? But John Hayes is never one to stand idly by in the face of injustice. Sometimes you gotta have faith...

How much would you risk to help out a good friend?John Hayes has settled into a comfortable life in Lisbon. All his enemies are dead, he is wealthy beyond his dreams, and he shares his days with a beautiful woman he loves with all his heart. Life is perfect... or is it? Sometimes too much of a good thing can be.... boring. So when an old friend calls on John Hayes asking for help, John jumps at the chance. Debts must be paid back even if it means putting your own life in danger. Payback, the sixth installment of the John Hayes Thriller series, takes you from the serene cobblestoned streets of Portugal to the battered, bombed-out, ruins of Syria, where John faces his most challenging task yet. Will risking all that he holds dear, including his own life, be too high a price to help a friend in need? Will John Hayes survive?

John Hayes is back.....A chance meeting with a fascinating woman has the potential to change John's life. Could she be the one to bring him the happiness he lost after his wife was brutally murdered?Will it be that easy?Newly wealthy John Hayes is living an idyllic life in the exotic city of Bangkok. He spends his days keeping fit, exploring the city and enjoying the wonderful food but he is lonely,... and when a beautiful woman walks into his life he thinks he has a chance to start afresh.But with John life is never simple. A penniless young girl desperate to start a new life... a high-flying foreign businessman with a murky past... an alluring woman... all come together to test John once again.Should he get involved and potentially risk his life and the lives of others? Or should he walk away and lose the woman he is growing to love?

In the shadows of Dubai, justice takes a stand. Fleeing a deadly confrontation in India, former soldier Max Jones seeks to atone for the sins of his past and start anew.However, in an unexpected twist of fate, he witnesses two young women in distress while waiting for his flight. In an instant, Max is propelled into action, using skills from a past he'd rather forget.As Max delves deeper into their plight, he realizes it's merely the prelude to a perilous odyssey, with higher stakes than he ever imagined. In the heart-pounding thriller that follows, Max transforms into a relentless vigilante, determined to dismantle the criminal empire responsible for their suffering.Armed with combat expertise and a desire for justice, Max becomes a solitary force against Dubai's criminal underworld. Will Max's quest for justice and redemption lead him to closer to the light-or deeper into the darkness?The Mule is the first book in the Max Jones Thrillers

What do you do when two million people hate your guts? Sergeant Andy Wong, of Hong Kong's famed Police Tactical Unit (PTU), Bravo Company is an honourable man who loves his job.When the people of Hong Kong take to the streets to voice their displeasure against government policies, it's Andy and his fellow colleagues who are tasked with maintaining law and order and putting an end to the riots and disruption that begin to plague the city. But after months of constant duty, days and nights on the streets enduring verbal and physical abuse from the public, ostracised by his friends, and a deteriorating relationship with his family, the cracks begin to show. When the lines between truth and falsehood, good and bad, become increasingly blurred, and faced with a wife who barely speaks to him, and a daughter he never sees, Andy becomes increasingly conflicted. Who really are the bad guys? Where should his loyalty lie? Who is helping the rioters disappear from right under the noses of the PTU patrols? WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS SERIES: ¿¿¿¿¿ A very thrilling read. The book is put together extremely well and has everything I like in this genre. ¿¿¿¿¿ Wow. What an incredible book. You see the news , but in this story you learn a lot about the human side. Extraordinary well written, page turner, great characters. Love every minute of it. Excellent job. ¿¿¿¿¿ This is a powerful story. ¿¿¿¿¿ An excellent, exciting and well written book that took me back to the many years I lived in HK-Clearly the author has had experience at living in HK too and has used this to best sell the story-well done and I look forward to the next book in this theme. ¿¿¿¿¿ An incredible book by this talented author. The mix of fiction and the current reality of life in Hong Kong delivers a powerful story.

"…What an incredible book. You see the news, but in this story, you learn a lot about the human side…." Young Australian ex-pat Jacob Watson has it all: a high-paying job managing a property portfolio for one of Hong Kong's tycoons, access to the city's elite, and a life of luxury. But as protests against Chinese interference in Hong Kong escalate, Jacob's world is turned upside down. Will he continue to prioritize his career and wealth, or risk it all to join the fight for democracy in the city he now calls home? This action-packed and enthralling thriller from author Mark David Abbott will keep you on the edge of your seat as Jacob navigates the dangerous political landscape of Hong Kong. Book 1 in The Hong Kong Trilogy. Praise for Mark David Abbott"The author puts the reader in a situation that a common person could realistically find themselves in... The reader, therefore, finds himself immersed in the story rather than experiencing the story as an un-involved by-stander.""The author is an exceptional story teller which has become a rarity these days."

"A remarkable story written so descriptively that you feel you are right there in the street…" A conflicted father… After discovering his daughter is supporting the rioters, a furious Sergeant Andy Wong of the Police Tactical Unit, begins to question his own motivation for enforcing laws hated by the public. A daughter exposed… Alice's secret is out…Her father knows she's helping the protestors...and her friends now know her dad's a cop. A helpless young man… When bullets are fired on the streets of Hong Kong, Jacob Watson must sit on the sidelines, and watch while his friends and fellow protestors take on the might of the Chinese Communist Party. Thousands arrested, bullets fired, lives destroyed. When will it end? In the action packed final instalment of the Hong Kong Series, Jacob Watson, Sergeant Andy Wong, and his daughter Alice, are finally brought together by the one thing they all have in common. A love for the city they call home.