ROB PARKER

Ben Bracken has just got out of prison.

Not by the front door.

Disowned by his father and rejected by the army, the ex-soldier has no anchors in his life but the bag on his back. In it, he has his ‘insurance policy’ – the evidence that will guarantee his freedom, provided he can keep it safe.

The plan: to catch the man who put him in prison in the first place, a ruthless mob boss who heads a powerful crime syndicate.

But duty soon gets in the way, and he finds himself looking into the murder of his friend's father. And before he knows it, he's spiralling headlong into the Manchester underworld and the charismatic criminals that operate there.

Can Bracken keep his identity secret, find the killer and stay one step ahead of the authorities who want to put him back behind bars?

A Wanted Man is the first instalment in the bestselling Ben Bracken series.

Morte Point. An idyllic peninsula off the North Devon coast.

It’s beautiful - except a plane is falling out of the sky above.

A chain of events is underway, which will end in more death and mayhem. But Ben Bracken, fugitive ex-soldier, has a tip-off - one that will make him both hunter, and the hunted.

It’s only when, on the edge of physical and mental exhaustion, he meets a young Kosovan microbiologist, that he begins to understand the scale of the plot he has been drawn into, and the weight of responsibility that the authorities have placed on his shoulders.

But then, as Ben is rapidly finding out, those in authority aren’t always what they seem, either.

Morte Point is an original, non-stop action tale with twists and turns that will keep you enthralled from start to finish, and a memorable lead character who is far from the typical action hero. Fans of Lee Child and Andy McNab will be hooked!

Nobody know’s Ben Bracken is alive. And he wants to keep it that way.

With government agencies hot on his tail, he finds himself taking refuge in the quiet village of Horning. Living in an elderly couple’s boathouse, working at a marina, he’s keeping his head down as best he can - but he knows it won’t last forever.

The past will come back - and bring hell with it.

Just before he walks away, an unthinkable murder strikes the village. Ben cannot leave until he knows the village is safe - and the killer brought to justice. But will he have enough time? And what is really going on in sleepy Horning?

The Penny Black is the third electric thriller in the Ben Bracken series.

Ben Bracken is barely alive. 

Dragged half-dead out of the river, he’s given a last shot at redemption…

He’s too valuable to discard, and too dangerous to set free – but an old friend offers him a chance and a choice. Leave his identity in the past and become an advisor to the National Crime Agency, or go back to the very prison he broke out of.

Bracken takes it – but he’s not the man he used to be. His priorities have changed.

His new life is shattered with the horrific murder of a narcotics cop, days before Christmas. It changes everything, and Bracken is thrown into the direct line of fire. Suddenly embroiled in an all-too-topical clash of ideologies, he uncovers a plot that carries huge implications for the nation’s socio-economic and political landscape.

It’s all leading to the twinkling lights and frost-tipped boughs of Christmas Eve, and a showdown where the stakes are so high, everyone – and every member of the public – might never be the same again.

Till Morning Is Nigh is the fourth thriller in the bestselling Ben Bracken series.

A favour for an old friend. 

What could go wrong?

It's sold as an in-and-out jaunt to The Big Apple, to pick up a harmless envelope. But when Ben Bracken is offered the assignment, he's a little hesitant. He's a family man now, with a duty to stay alive for his loved ones.

But, with the request coming from fellow former military man and trusted friend William Grosvenor, not to mention the eye-watering payout, one last job can't hurt, can it?

So begins his American road trip, one that takes him from the city that never sleeps to the misty swamps of Florida, all in pursuit of one highly coveted envelope. But it turns out, this job isn't the walk in Central Park it was promised to be.

As he's pursued by New York's most dangerous mobsters, factions of federal law enforcement, and American Intelligence, Ben's hunch is that their joint quarry must hold something of international significance.

He's not wrong. The contents that's slipping through these influential fingers contains evidence of the world's biggest cover-up. Evidence that will rewrite history books and incriminate one of the most powerful men on the planet.
It's probably best it winds up in the right hands.

The Watchman is the fifth thriller in the Ben Bracken series - packed with action, underpinned with believable conspirative intrigue, world-class writing and twists you just won't see coming.