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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

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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 *

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    Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    Publication Date: 10/06/2021
    ISBN13: 9781801100106, 978-1801100106
    ISBN10: 1801100101

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    Book Synopsis
    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

    Trade Review
    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 *

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