We didn’t know how Tom Bale was going to top his debut novel, Skin and Bones, but he has triumphed once again with a nail biting thriller. The residents of a small island, off the coast of southern England, find themselves in the clutches of a murderous gang. Ex CID officer, Joe Clayton, who has been working as bodyguard to one of the families must draw on all his past experience to save the lives of the islanders. Bruce Willis - eat your heart out! Great action, tense and gripping.
A burning summer's day explodes into violence. A murderous gang targets the exclusive south coast island of Terror's Reach, home to rival business tycoons Robert Felton and Valentin Nasenko. The residents are facing annihilation, and only one man stands a chance of saving them. Four years ago, after an undercover police operation went disastrously wrong, CID officer Joe Clayton lost his career and his family. Forced to adopt a new identity, he drifted from place to place and ended up on the Reach, working as a bodyguard to Nasenko's wife, Cassie, and her children. Now he must draw upon all his experience and reserves of strength to keep them alive. But nothing is as it seems on Terror's Reach, and a long night of betrayal and murder leaves Joe fighting for his own survival ...
Tom Bale has worked as a retail assistant, claims negotiator, office manager, business analyst, freelance consultant and househusband. He now writes full-time and lives with his family in Brighton.
