What a great start to a thriller that just gets better and better for the book opens with what appears to be an attempted assassination of the US President in Trafalgar Square during a ceremony to respect the dead of both countries. It is here we are introduced to a professional killer, Joshua, whose role is to protect the ‘real’ killer, McGale, so we get both men shooting, killing or fleeing. It is all captured on TV by an American reporter and her experienced cameraman. Through fast action, clever double-crossing and a high body count, we shift to Ireland. Here, naturally, past terrorism problems cloud the scene and the plot thickens. This is the sort of tale you really cannot say too much about so I will finish with saying it is riveting with a good Irish and political plot, plenty of twists and turns, some love interest and well-drawn characters reminiscent of Le Carré’s Smiley novels, and that is praise indeed. Surprisingly it is a first novel but the author has excellent credentials, he is a criminal barrister and an ex-heavyweight boxer! It begins a series I’m glad to say. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
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‘Killer Intent’ is a “must read” for all aficionados of this genre of thriller.
‘Killer Intent’ is an all action thriller arising from an attempted assassination and political conspiracy.
I was impressed with the way Tony Kent managed to capture my attention from the beginning and maintain the momentum through the twists and turns of his many-layered plot. The sequential introduction of "Joshua", the hired assassin and his protagonists, Joe Dempsey, the intelligence officer, Sarah Truman, a CNN reporter and Michael Devlin, a Belfast-born barrister, enlivened the narrative so that I kept on reading.... Read Full Review
Such a gripping book, and an action packed thriller full of plot twists. I would definitely recommend. It was a brilliantly written debut novel and I look forward to reading more from Tony Kent.
This book gripped me as soon as I started reading. Opening in the thick of the action, Tony Kent did a great job luring me to read on. It was a book that I could not put down. The plot line details how an assassination leads to an exciting series of events with an ex-military figure, news reporter and barrister with secrets drawn in to the action. A great book and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a new thriller.... Read Full Review
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, a page turner, intricate and tightly plotted, it skilfully weaves many strands together as a massive cover up is exposed and the truth behind the murders emerges.
Gripping from the very first page, the book opens with an assassination in London at an event to commemorate British heroes of the recent Middle Eastern wars and attended by VIPs from the USA and Great Britain. This is only the very beginning of events in a fast moving conspiracy thriller by a new writer, Tony Kent in his debut book.
Witnessed by Sarah Truman, a CNN reporter and her photographer colleague, Sarah becomes embroiled in the fall out where she meets Michael Devlin, a barrister whose business partner, Daniel Lawrence is called in to represent the Irish professor accused of the assassination.
However the assassination has foiled another plot by a professional assassin, Joshua. Joshua kills a British agent but, for the first time, fails in one phase of the tasks he has been set by the mysterious and enigmatic... Read Full Review
