Author: stephenbentley

The BookLife Prize Critic’s Report In this tense and savage thriller, a PTSD sufferer becomes a killer. Bentley has a clear handle on building suspense, while the focus on mental illness and trauma provides an anchoring force to the unconventional circumstances…The concept behind this brutal and intense novel is highly original and will undoubtedly keep readers guessing…Bentley creates an … undoubtedly keep readers guessing…Bentley creates an intriguing and complex character in Phil Mercer, effectively exploring the impact of trauma and an external brainwashing force. Readers will at moments sympathize with the lead character, even as his sadism emerges. There’s a killer lurking…

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His daughter was taken. He’ll never get her back.Set in the near future, Matt Deal is a British businessman married into a wealthy Florida family.Mercy, his fifteen-year-old daughter, is the glue in his rocky marriage to Lorey. His life is changed forever after Mercy is brutally sexually assaulted on a Destin beach leaving her in a persistent vegetative state.Trusting the local detectives to … state.Trusting the local detectives to bring the rapists to justice, mixed martial arts expert Deal concentrates in vain on his Florida gym business, only to have his world further explode on learning the men responsible for…

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An original-concept THRILLER SERIES A trilogy of stories taking you on an emotional roller coaster ride from the pen of a former undercover cop and inspired by his bestselling true crime memoir. Join undercover cop Steve Regan in three stories as he infiltrates organized crime gangs where one mistake could cost him his life. Book 1 – Who The F*ck Am I? Regan infiltrates a Miami-based cocaine … life. Book 1 – Who The F*ck Am I? Regan infiltrates a Miami-based cocaine cartel linked to the Mob, but is everyone who they say they are? Book 2 – Dilemma Regan…

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In a Liverpool night club, the Canadian mobster said, “Are you guys cops?” Steve Jackson heard him. His blood ran cold.Jackson wasn’t his real name. He was an undercover cop.Ever wondered about the life of an undercover cop?What it takes to infiltrate a worldwide drugs gang?What it feels like to live a double life? – to ‘live a lie.’Read this gripping true story of Britain’s biggest drug bust.In … feels like to live a double life? – to ‘live a lie.’Read this gripping true story of Britain’s biggest drug bust.In March 1978, at the culmination of Operation Julie, fifteen defendants, including…

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When you are undercover, many want to kill you. Sicilian Mafia, Thai Mafia, even the CIA, they all want you dead. Join undercover cop Regan in this emotion-packed roller coaster of a thriller. Steve Regan is back and this time he’s alone and undercover in a seedy area of Thailand on the trail of a Texan expatriate, Les Watkins, the biggest drug smuggler in South East Asia.Using himself as the … of a Texan expatriate, Les Watkins, the biggest drug smuggler in South East Asia.Using himself as the bait, Regan attempts to score a $50,000 deal with the Thai mafia in an effort…

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