Authors: Phillip Hunter
To Kill For (35 page)
Ex-boxer, ex-paratrooper, Joe once had meaning in his life. People who cared for him, people who needed him. Then he lost everything, and now he is a hitman for London's most vicious criminals.
Brenda was the only woman who ever loved him. The only woman who believed he could escape the underworld. She died protecting others: now Joe wants revenge on her killers. With nothing left to lose, Joe prepares for the fight of his life...
This is a poignant thriller about love, revenge and redemption from a superb new voice in British crime.
Photo credit: Jenny Quiggin
P
HILLIP
H
UNTER
has a degree in English Literature from Middlesex University and an MA in Screenwriting from the London Institute. He was also part of the team that sequenced the human genome.
A BROKEN MAN
Joe was a British soldier, then a bare-knuckle boxer.
Now he's a gangster in London's East End.
Once, long ago, he fell in love.
But people like him don't have happy endings.
A BROKEN CITY
Hackney's most vicious gang is hunting
Joe down. He doesn't know why.
All he knows is that until he kills them,
he's a dead man walking.
A RAY OF HOPE
A twelve-year-old runaway, Kid, needs Joe's protection.
Life has made Joe a machine.
Can this little girl make him human again?
To Die For
is available
here
.
2 â To Kill For
Ex-boxer, ex-paratrooper, Joe once had meaning in his life. People who cared for him, people who needed him. Then he lost everything, and now he is a hitman for London's most vicious criminals.
Brenda was the only woman who ever loved him. The only woman who believed he could escape the underworld. She died protecting others: now Joe wants revenge on her killers. With nothing left to lose, Joe prepares for the fight of his life...
This is a poignant thriller about love, revenge and redemption from a superb new voice in British crime.
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Book 3 will be released in Winter 2015
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The story starts here
First published in the UK in 2014 by Head of Zeus Ltd
Copyright © Phillip Hunter, 2014
The moral right of Phillip Hunter, to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN (eBook) 9781781853405
ISBN (TPBO) 9781781853382
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