Mickey Bale, a Met close protection officer, wants revenge on the mafia family who killed his sister. First in The Protector, a gripping British thriller series from Anthony Riches. 'Nemesis is a full-throttle adventure' ANDY McNAB 'Fast-moving... The Bill meets Jack Reacher' THE TIMES Thriller of the Month They killed his sister. Now he'll kill them all. Mickey Bale is an elite close protection officer. That's why the Met police has given him the toughest job of all: guarding the Minister of Defence at a moment when Chinese-British relations have hit a deadly boiling point. And when Mickey's life isn't on the line for his work, he's taking his chances waging war on a powerful London gang family. Their dealer supplied a lethal ecstasy pill to his sister, and Mickey is determined to take them down, one at a time. But will he get away with it - or will his colleagues in the force realise that the man on an underworld killing spree is one of their own? 'Nemesis is a full-throttle adventure that twists and turns from the corridors of power to London's gangland underbelly, propelled by a hero with a thirst for vengeance and the skillset to execute it' Andy McNab 'Nemesis kicks like a 12-bore shotgun... A British thriller to rival Reacher' Giles Kristian 'Mickey Bale is a Jack Reacher for a harder, faster, more assured millennium. Nemesis is the kind of book for which the word 'compelling' was coined' Manda Scott 'Meet Mickey Bale - London's John Wick. A rocket-propelled grenade of a book, shot through with gallows humour. Guy Ritchie meets Lee Child' Robyn Young 'This may be Riches' first contemporary-set novel but he throws his protagonist into a gladiatorial climax worthy of Ancient Rome' Shots

First in The Protector series, contemporary British thrillers from Anthony Riches, featuring close protection officer Mickey Bale.

About the Author
Anthony Riches, coming from a family with three generations of army service, has always been fascinated by military history, psychology and weaponry - which led him to write the Empire series set in ancient Rome. The idea for his first contemporary thriller, Nemesis, came to him under the influence of jetlag at two in the morning in a Brisbane hotel room. He lives in rural Suffolk with his wife, two dogs the size of ponies and a bad tempered cat. www.anthonyriches.com @AnthonyRiches

Reviews
A full-throttle adventure that twists and turns from the corridors of power to London's gangland underbelly, propelled by a hero with a thirst for vengeance and the skillset to execute it -- Andy McNab
Fast-moving... The Bill meets Jack Reacher' * The Times, Thriller of the Month *
Meet Mickey Bale - London's John Wick. A rocket-propelled grenade of a book, shot through with gallows humour. Guy Ritchie meets Lee Child -- Robyn Young
Mickey Bale is a Jack Reacher for a harder, faster, more assured millennium. Nemesis is the kind of book for which the word 'compelling' was coined -- Manda Scott
Nemesis kicks like a 12-bore shotgun... A British thriller to rival Reacher' -- Giles Kristian
This may be Anthony Riches' first contemporary-set novel but he throws his protagonist into a gladiatorial climax worthy of Ancient Rome * Shots Magazine *
A proper no-nonsense thrill ride that grabs your attention and rewards it with an endorphin rush... Anthony Riches is better known as a writer of historical fiction, I've never read any of his Roman adventures but given the action he gets into a contemporary tale of a London copper with a personal agenda I can only imagine they are full on too. Mickey gets through a lot of work here but he's not done yet - I'll be waiting for part two next year' * NB Magazine *
Nemesis is the prolific Anthony Riches' first move away from historical thrillers into a contemporary setting. Mickey Bale is an excellent protagonist - a man whose job relies on his ability to blend into the background, toe whatever line he's told to follow, and do whatever it takes to keep his principal safe... A tense thriller that was able to grab my attention and keep me reading' * Crime Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9781801100106
Author Anthony Riches
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC