A secret refuge. A dead spy. A killer hiding in plain sight.The Sanctuary is supposed to be the safest place in Britain: a discreet rehabilitation centre on the north-east coast where wounded soldiers, damaged intelligence officers and burned-out covert operators go to recover.But when former MI5 officer Thomas Allbright is found dead on the rocks below the cliffs, Charlie Cooper is sent in undercover to find out whether it was really an accident.What he finds is a ...

In the explosive thirteenth installment of the Charlie Cooper series, Mark Dawson delivers another high-stakes thriller packed with tension, betrayal, and razor-sharp twists.

In the rain-soaked Pacific Northwest, John Milton is drawn into a desperate fight against a pharmaceutical giant when a painkiller addiction drives an ordinary man to rob banks—and exposes a company willing to destroy lives for profit.

When a covert operator with links to Charlie Cooper is killed, the trail leads to a secret outfit few believe is real: Hemlock.No witnesses. No records. No proof it ever existed. Just rumours, half-forgotten files, and a growing body count.As Cooper digs deeper, the evidence keeps disappearing—and so do the people who get too close. Hemlock doesn’t operate in the shadows. It owns them, using blackmail, corruption and murder to shape events from the inside.The closer...

An assassin haunted by his past. Two young refugees out of their depth and in need of his special talents.John Milton is no stranger to the world’s seedy underbelly. But when the former British Secret Service agent comes up against a ruthless human trafficking ring, he’ll have to fight harder than ever to conquer the evil in his path.After Milton meets a refugee who lost a sister to people smugglers, he travels through war-torn Libya and the murkiest parts of Italy and Fran...

When MI6 assassin Charlie Cooper is ordered to take a leave of absence, he uses the time to settle a personal score.A former ally sold him out to the Chinese in Singapore. In London, he tracks her routine, finds her weakness, and sets the trap. But the explosion that should have killed her doesn’t.Before Cooper can finish what he started, Control recalls him to duty. His target: Hisham Al Iraqi, a legendary bombmaker hiding among the ancient ruins of Petra. Cooper embeds hi...

John Milton is the man the government calls when they want a problem to go away... but what happens when he’s the one who needs to disappear?After a botched job leaves a bloody trail, government assassin John Milton does the one thing he’s never done before: he hides.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 betw...

The cold of Siberia meets the chill of betrayal.In a world where loyalty is fleeting and alliances are temporary, John Milton is on a mission that will bring him face-to-face with enemies old and new. When his friend, Alex Hicks, finds himself pursued by mysterious adversaries, the two men are thrust back into the web of international espionage.Navigating a perilous path that stretches from the war-torn streets of Ukraine to the icy wastelands of Siberia, Milton will stop a...

She does Britain’s dirty work, but this time she needs help. Beatrix Rose, meet John Milton…Beatrix Rose has a knack for making the British government’s problems go away. When the assassin is sent to Venezuela to track down a missing scientist, she meets a contact who knows the lay of the land: none other than John Milton…As the state-sanctioned assassin and the special forces soldier team up in South America, they’ll do more than capture a missing scientis...

Four murders. Two detectives. One mystifying crime.On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a shooting at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it's clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome tragedy.At first it seems like an open and shut case: a murder suicide committed by Ralph's volatile brother Cameron. Then new evidence makes Mack suspect the man who ...

John Milton is sent to Italy to investigate the death of a colleague from Group 15, the secret assassination squad that liquidates those considered to be impediments to the furtherance of British interests. Milton discovers that the agent was involved with the Camorra, the powerful Mafia clan that controls the territory from Naples to the tip of the Italian boot. He identifies the assassin as a man nicknamed Tarantula.Now Tarantula, and his boss, are entries in Milton's ledger....

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.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 pursui...