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Mark Dawson talks about his career as a self-published author. Providing an insight into not only his books and the marketing behind them but the process of getting them onto the Audible site. Mark also discusses the challenges of writing a crime series, how he keeps it original and how he keeps consistency throughout his work.

John Milton est un fantôme. Il était Numéro Un, l’assassin le plus dangereux du Groupe 15, l’organisation d’opérations secrètes qui résout les problèmes lorsque la diplomatie a échoué. Aujourd’hui, Milton est le fugitif le plus recherché par Sa Majesté–un solitaire anonyme doté de compétences mortelles. C’est pourquoi, lorsqu’il est arrêté à la suite d’une rixe dans un bar du Texas, il ne s’attend pas à ce que la personne qui paye sa caution soit un agent prestigieux des services secrets russes.

John Milton supprimait des cibles pour le MI6 jusqu’au jour où il disparaît sans laisser de traces. Après s’être volatilisé pendant six mois, il réapparaît à Ciudad Juarez au Mexique et se trouve aussitôt mêlé à une violente bataille avec le cartel de la drogue qui contrôle la frontière. Milton sauve la vie d’une jeune journaliste idéaliste dont on avait signé l’arrêt de mort. Mais pour la protéger, il doit la faire passer en douce au Texas.

Isabella Rose is on the run, hunted by the very people she had been hired to work for. Trained killer Isabella and former handler Michael Pope are forced into hiding in India and, when a mysterious informer passes them clues on the whereabouts of Pope’s family, the prey see an opportunity to become the predators.

She didn't live in a normal world. She was hunted. The code written in her genetics was worth an incalculable amount of money, and there were men and women who would do anything to lay their hands on her.

A visionary genius introduces a new cryptocurrency that promises to upend the global banking system and change the lives of those who invest in it. Tens of thousands of people around the world part with millions of dollars, only to discover that everything is not what it seems. John Milton finds himself in a support group for investors who lost everything. And if there's one thing about Milton, it's this: he's not about to let an injustice this unfair go uncorrected.

Disappearing into London's bustling East End and holing up in a vacant flat, Milton becomes involved with his neighbour Sharon and her troubled son Elijah, who are caught in an increasingly bloody turf war between two rival gangs. Unable to ignore the threat, Milton sets about protecting mother and son, meeting violence with violence. But his involvement puts him in the sights of the government's next best killer, and before long Milton is not just fighting to save a family and a home—he's fighting to stay alive...

When an inmate is found unresponsive in his high security cell at Belmarsh prison, he's rushed to hospital for treatment. The prisoner is human trafficker and international fixer Tristan Huxley, a man a lot of people have good reason to want dead. But Huxley mysteriously never makes it to the hospital. He may have plenty of enemies but it seems he has some very powerful friends too.

Der MI6 hat ihn geschaffen. Jetzt wollen sie ihn töten. John Milton arbeitet als Killer für die britische Regierung, aber er ist alt und müde und möchte aussteigen. Leider ist das unmöglich. Milton weiß zu viel. Diesen Job verlässt man nur in einer Kiste. Auf seiner Flucht lernt Milton eine junge Mutter kennen, die seine Hilfe braucht. Ihren Sohn lockt das Leben in einer glanzvollen Gang mit einem charismatischen Anführer. Milton muss den Jungen herausholen - bevor es zu spät ist.

Quand une fille qu’il conduit à une fête disparaît, Milton s’inquiète. Surtout lorsque deux cadavres sont découverts et que la police commence à le considérer comme son principal suspect. Milton est un fugitif des services secrets britanniques et un homme dans sa position a autant besoin d’une attention particulière que d’une balle dans la tête.

For years, former secret service agent and trained killer John Milton thought he could outrun his past, his demons and his enemies. His enemies had other ideas. Captured and imprisoned by the organisation he once worked for, Milton must do one last job in exchange for his freedom. Bullheaded billionaire fixer Tristan Huxley is brokering a weapons deal between Russia and India.

John Milton travels to Bali in search of a new identity, but he can't even manage the flight without finding someone who needs his help. A beautiful woman falls ill and confesses that she has swallowed packages of cocaine in order to smuggle it across the border. She has been forced to work as a mule by a Yakuza gang in Tokyo who are holding her child to guarantee her compliance. Milton decides that's unacceptable and promises to lend her his help.

Charlie Cooper is in New York, posing undercover as a delegate at the United Nations. He's investigating a threat to Group Fifteen interests when a Code Blue—the UN's emergency alert—is triggered. Charlie needs to locate and eliminate the threat while protecting his identity in his most challenging assignment yet.

Ein U-Bahn-Wagen in London wird von einem Selbstmordattentäter in die Luft gejagt. Überall Verletzte und Toten auf dem Bahnsteig. Als sich aber oben auf der Straße eine Menschenmenge bildet, weiß Michael Pope, dass dies erst der Anfang ist.

Eighteen years ago, on a mission in Iraq, Captain John Milton made a reckless decision with serious consequences. But it was Major Connor Gordon who really paid the price. Now Milton is on a different mission: to atone for his past sins. A human rights activist has vanished without a trace and his dying mother is desperate to know the truth. When the mysterious disappearance leads Milton all the way to the Western Isles of Scotland, he sees an opportunity to find his old friend Connor and finally make amends. Milton is determined to track both men down, wherever his search may lead.

John Milton has a nose for trouble. He can smell it a mile away. And when he witnesses a suspicious altercation between a young man and two thugs in a car auction parking lot, he can’t resist getting involved. Milton came to Kansas City hoping to find a way out of danger. His recent vendetta against a cartel hitman who killed his friend has made him enemies in high places. Now he needs to find the only man who can get him out of this mess.

Living under new identities in rural France, trained killer Isabella Rose and her former handler Michael Pope are trying to lay low. Tired of hiding, all Isabella wants is the chance to live an ordinary life. But Isabella is an extraordinary young woman and the people pursuing her will never, ever, give up. Her unique abilities have attracted the attention of the Academy of Military Science in Beijing. And it’s not only Isabella who needs to stay in the shadows.

Vier Leichen. Zwei Ermittler. Ein rätselhaftes Verbrechen. Am Heiligabend wird DCI Mackenzie Jones zu einer Schießerei in einem abgelegenen Farmhaus gerufen. Ralph Mallender glaubt, seinen Vater tot in der Küche liegen gesehen zu haben. Als drei weitere Leichen gefunden werden, wird klar, dass sich ein weihnachtliches Familientreffen zu einer grausamen Tragödie gewandelt hat. Zunächst scheint der Fall offensichtlich zu sein: Ein erweiterter Selbstmord von Ralphs jähzornigem Bruder. Bis neue Beweise Mack daran zweifeln lassen, dass er der wahre Täter ist.

In the opulent city of Dubai, a high-stakes game of espionage is about to explode. When Iranian diplomat Arash Heydari jeopardises his position as a valuable CIA asset with a drunken outburst, British operative Charlie Cooper is thrust into a mission that is as dangerous as it is complex. Tasked with monitoring the increasingly volatile Heydari, Cooper must navigate a treacherous world of secrets, lies and betrayals. As Heydari closes in on critical intelligence, the mission becomes a desperate race against time.

The fourth book in Mark Dawson's action-packed Charlie Cooper Thrillers.