Hit Back Harder: The second DI Stella Cole thriller

When everyone's outside the law, the one who blinks first losesDetective Inspector Stella Cole only has one case. To find, and kill, the remaining members of a legal conspiracy who turned her world into ashes.But their leader, Adam Collier is her boss. And he's pulling in friends from the underworld to take the fight to Stella. Chief among them, an Albanian drug lord nicknamed, The Shark".Regrouping in Spain, Stella makes contact with an old adversary. A retired gangster named Ronnie "The Razor" Wilks. He proposes a deal that tests Stella's resolve to the limit.The only problem? Stella is losing her mind to a second, unrelentingly brutal version of herself she's dubbed "Other Stella". As the violence escalates, the question is, which one will win?A visceral, psychological crime thriller...Hit Back Harder picks up where the first book in the series, Hit and Run, left off. Stella has already shot and killed a High Court judge. But will she have the skills and the survival instincts to fight off the ruthless killers on her tail?Expect a rising body count and corrupt deals between people who are morally compromised....for readers who like the dark sideFans of Kathy Reichs, Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen, Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo, Jeffery Deaver and Ian Rankin will love Stella Cole.Praise for Book 1: Hit and Run"What a rollercoaster of emotions, twists and turns, At times very dark, I couldn't put my kindle down Really good read from a brilliant author. Love Andy Maslen's Gabriel Wolfe series and can't wait for the second book in this series. Wow Highly recommended."Ann Finn"Since starting this morning, I have struggled to put my Kindle down Loving the new character, and at about 70% into the book I am really starting to look forward to how it's going to wrap up the story.... The one thing is that Stella must come out of it alive - there is after all another book in the series planned - a definite recommendation."Mark Bright"After the first chapter I was hooked and I was really rooting for Stella Cole all the way to the last page. You are taken on mazy journey as Cole incurs significant emotional trauma and has to find her way out of her own deep and dark black hole. From there she has to confront her demons and find a way to overcome a shadowy world of power and the elite within the establishment. Simply put this book is un-putdownable "Badabing666GRAB YOUR COPY OF HIT BACK HARDER

Author: Andy Maslen
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 12/13/2017
Pages: 418
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9781981206490

About the Author
Andy Maslen was born in Nottingham, in the UK, home of legendary bowman Robin Hood. Andy once won a medal for archery, although he has never been locked up by the Sheriff. He has worked in a record shop, as a barman, as a door-to-door DIY products salesman and a cook in an Italian restaurant. He eventually landed a job in marketing, writing mailshots to sell business management reports. He spent 10 years in the corporate world before launching a business writing agency, Sunfish, where he writes for clients including The Economist, Christie's and World Vision. Andy completed the first draft of his first novel - Trigger Point - in six weeks, after deciding to embrace his destiny and "be" a writer. He has also published five works of non-fiction, on copywriting and freelancing, with Marshall Cavendish and Kogan Page. He lives in Wiltshire, with his wife, two sons and a whippet named Merlin.


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