Title:
A WANTED MAN
Author: Robert Parker
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Pages: 307
Genre: Crime Thriller
Author: Robert Parker
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Pages: 307
Genre: Crime Thriller
It’s down to
fathers and fatherhood.
Ben Bracken, ex-soldier, has just got out of Strangeways.
Not by the front door.
With him, he has his ‘insurance policy’ – a bag of evidence that will guarantee his freedom, provided he can keep it safe – and he has money, carefully looked after by a friend, Jack Brooker.
Rejected by the army, disowned by his father, and any hopes of parenthood long since shattered, Ben has no anchors in his life.
No one to keep him steady.
No one to stop his cause…
The plan: to wreak justice on the man who had put him in prison in the first place.
Terry ‘The Turn-Up’ Masters, a nasty piece of work, whose crime organisation is based in London.
But before Ben can get started on his mission, another matter is brought to his attention: Jack’s father has been murdered and he will not rest until the killers are found.
Suddenly, Ben finds himself drawn in to helping Jack in his quest for revenge.
In the process, he descends into the fold of Manchester’s most notorious crime organisation – the Berg – the very people he wants to bring down…
This action-packed and fast-paced story will keep you turning the pages. Manchester is vividly portrayed as Ben races around the city seeking vengeance.
Ben Bracken, ex-soldier, has just got out of Strangeways.
Not by the front door.
With him, he has his ‘insurance policy’ – a bag of evidence that will guarantee his freedom, provided he can keep it safe – and he has money, carefully looked after by a friend, Jack Brooker.
Rejected by the army, disowned by his father, and any hopes of parenthood long since shattered, Ben has no anchors in his life.
No one to keep him steady.
No one to stop his cause…
The plan: to wreak justice on the man who had put him in prison in the first place.
Terry ‘The Turn-Up’ Masters, a nasty piece of work, whose crime organisation is based in London.
But before Ben can get started on his mission, another matter is brought to his attention: Jack’s father has been murdered and he will not rest until the killers are found.
Suddenly, Ben finds himself drawn in to helping Jack in his quest for revenge.
In the process, he descends into the fold of Manchester’s most notorious crime organisation – the Berg – the very people he wants to bring down…
This action-packed and fast-paced story will keep you turning the pages. Manchester is vividly portrayed as Ben races around the city seeking vengeance.
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The First Page
My two years in prison ended
just how they started – with a stabbing. As soon as Craggs drove the makeshift
dagger into Quince’s belly and the recreation room filled with prison staff
waving batons, I was moving. I knew they would arrive quickly, and I knew that
the door would swing shut just slowly enough for me to slip through. The place
erupted in noise and violence, but I didn’t look back. I haven’t done since.
Now, I am running. I can feel
my mind bathing in the electric warmth of adrenaline. People are looking at me
from a bus waiting at the traffic lights and I try to rein in my stride just a
touch. If only they knew what I knew, they might understand why I can’t adopt a
more leisurely pace. I need to keep moving.
Hello, Manchester, it’s me, Ben
Bracken. I am back. It’s nice to see you, my adopted home town. I’m just sorry
it’s under circumstances like these.
I’m arrowing right into the
heart of the city, right into the bustling centre, with the sole intention of
hiding in the urban congestion. I’m familiar with the city, its quirks,
crevices and people, and I know just what to do when I get in there.
The suit I wear, a gigantic,
ill-fitting grey coverall of stinking, sweat-soaked canvas, was the chief
warden’s only moments earlier. As is the shirt, which will soon be dripping
with both our sweat, at this rate. I took both from him as I left the prison –
I couldn’t very well come out in my prison issues – and left him there on the
steps of the prison in his underpants. He is such a nasty, vile shit of
a man. He absolutely deserves it.
He shouldn’t be bothering me
for a while, which is thanks in full to the contents of the only item I carry,
hanging off my shoulder: a tattered green duffel bag. I can scarcely believe
what is inside, but as insurance policies go, this one is ironclad. And I know
that as long as it is safe, I am safe with it.
I cross the road and head
north towards the Printworks, an entertainment oasis from where I can easily
head to my destination, the Northern Quarter. But first, I need to make a call.
And the Printworks has a bank of payphones.
About the Author
Robert Parker is a new exciting
voice, a married father of two, who lives in a village close to Manchester, UK. He has both a law degree and a degree in film and media
production, and has worked in numerous employment positions, ranging from
solicitor’s agent (essentially a courtroom gun for hire), to a van driver, to a
warehouse order picker, to a commercial video director. He currently
writes full time, while also making time to encourage new young readers and
authors through readings and workshops at local schools and bookstores. In his
spare time he adores pretty much all sport, boxing regularly for charity, loves
fiction across all mediums, and his glass is always half full.
His latest book is the
crime/thriller, A WANTED MAN.
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