Every once in a while a book takes you by surprise with its masterful handling of plot, detail, characterization and suspense. Ian Bull's The Picture Kills is such a book. A thrilling page-turner with real literary value, The Picture Kills combines the international intrigue of Lee Child, the procedural know-how of Michael Connelly, and yes, the Hollywood insider's expertise of Jackie Collins, with a plot that takes the reader on a Bondian adventure across the globe. Daringly constructed in alternating points-of-view between the hero Steve Quintana and his female counterpart in distress, the book comes together in a shockingly hair-raising climax that only later will the reader realize had been set up and laid out by the author chapters in advance. In his protagonist Steve Quintana, Ian Bull has created a new thriller hero who's very human, prone to mistakes, frailty and self-doubt, yet with Scot Harvath power, Angus MacGyver ingenuity and Ethan Hunt resiliance that makes him ripe for a continuing literary series and makes this series perfect for cinematic adaptation. Ian Bull is a powerful author for the masses! I look forward to the Quintanta series, and am thankful the final pages leave that possibility very open - 5 Stars Amazon