The Murder Exchange: a relentless, race-against-time from bestselling author Simon Kernick

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The currency is death. A race-against-time thriller from the UK Harlan Coben. Perfect for fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James, The Murder Exchange is a thills, spills and kills all-action novel guaranteed to get under the skin. Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick - the UK's answer to Harlan Coben - has done it again. So fasten your seat belts and hang on tight for a fantastic ride! 'I love this book! It's hard, fast and tight and blasts through the London underworld like a speed boat on the Thames' -- Lee Child 'Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!' -- Harlan Coben 'This book hooks you from the first page and doesn't let go until the enda fantastic read' -- ***** Reader review 'Classic Kernick. Fast paced and hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping, like all his books - keeps you on the edge of your seat' -- ***** Reader review **************************************************************************************** THE CURRENCY IS DEATH Five grand for a couple of hours work It seems easy money, but the deal ex-mercenary Max Iversson is chasing has gone disastrously wrong. Two of his friends are dead. And now he wants to find out who's behind their killings. Detective Sergeant John Gallan is also looking for answers. He's investigating the fatal poisoning of a nightclub doorman. But leads are scarce and, when they do appear, so do bodies. What neither man knows is that they are heading towards a devastating confrontation that will see one of them staring down the wrong end of a gun.

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I love this book! It's hard, fast and tight and blasts through the London underworld like a speed boat on the Thames -- Lee Child
Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight! -- Harlan Coben
The next time I see Simon Kernick's name on a book I will pick it up. Brilliant! -- Richard Madeley
Kernick generates a potent cocktail of thrills that makes contemporary London feel like Dodge City. A knucklehead ride * Guardian *
Simon Kernick writes great plots, great characters, great action -- Lee Child

Author Bio

Simon Kernick is one of Britain's most exciting thriller writers. He arrived on the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. Simon's big breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which was the biggest selling thriller of 2007. His most recent crime thrillers include Siege, Ultimatum, Stay Alive and The Final Minute. He is also the author of the bestselling three-part serial thrillers Dead Man's Gift and One By One. Simon talks both on and off the record to members of the Counter Terrorism Command and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime.