Killer Intent

A good novel which I read really quickly. Great thrilling plot and characters!!

Killer Intent
By Tony Kent

Kent starts with action and builds tension throughout the book, in a classic spy mystery.

Britain’s elite security forces seem powerless when an audacious attempt is made to assassinate a former US president in London. What follows is a chain reaction of events that rekindle old relationships, while tearing other relationships apart.

The story flows around three main characters, Joe Dempsey, a deadly military intelligence officer who witnesses this botched assassination; CNN reporter Sarah Truman, who stumbles into the story, become part of it; and Michael Devlin, a Belfast-born criminal barrister with a secret past.

These three main characters are well developed, and the plot moves quickly, making it compelling reading.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing a review copy in return for an honest review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

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Reviewed by Heath Henwood
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This is a high intensity political thriller with an assassination plot threatening to kick off new hostilities between Britain and Northern Ireland. Great characters - an ex-security force soldier Joe Dempsey, a young, ambitious reporter Sarah Truman and Michael Devlin, a solicitor from a shady Irish family all racing against time and a very dangerous man hired by an unknown powerful character determined to change the course of history. Plenty of fast paced action in this gripping and intense plot!

Book blurb...
Britain’s elite security forces seem powerless when an audacious attempt is made to assassinate a former US president in London. This becomes the spark which ignites a chain reaction of explosive events that will see old political sympathies rekindled and personal loyalties betrayed.
Joe Dempsey, a deadly military intelligence officer who witnesses this botched assassination, soon realises that this is just one small part of a complex and dark conspiracy, and only he can stop it. The fallout draws both Dempsey and CNN reporter Sarah Truman into parallel investigations, each compelled to discover the sinister truth behind these violent events. All too quickly they are running out of time as the future of the British government is crumbling. Thrown into these events is Michael Devlin, a Belfast-born criminal barrister with a secret past.
It’s a life or death race against the clock. Dempsey, Devlin and Truman are forced to work in the shadows and call on forgotten loyalties before a lethal showdown presents a devastating finale.
Killer Intent is the first novel to feature deadly military intelligence officer Joe Dempsey, Irish barrister Michael Devlin and American TV reporter Sarah Truman, in a compelling new series from high-profile barrister Tony Kent.

My thoughts…
This is a complex plot involving acts of both good and evil. I was wrapped up in the story from the beginning and felt for characters, Sarah and Michael, who find themselves on a collision course with evil.
A story mixed up with politics, greed and loyalty, the plot cleverly trickles clues as to who is behind the evil.
On this occasion I did figure out who the bad guy was, but I was so invested in the story it didn’t matter? I was happy to go with the flow with this one. Fabulous!. Thank you.