THE SECOND HECTOR CROSS THRILLER FROM WILBUR SMITH. PERFECT FOR FANS OF BOURNE AND LEE CHILD'S JACK REACHER SERIES.

He'll stop at nothing to protect the ones he loves.

Hector Cross is under siege. After a lifetime of making enemies, Cross has settled down, but it seems someone missed the memo. When his life is turned upside down in a brutal attack, Cross recognises the handiwork of a terrorist organisation from his past and swears vengeance.

But as he follows the trail across the globe a new more terrifying battle begins. For there are worse things in Cross's world than terrorist kidnappers. Can he save those he loves - or will he pay the ultimate price?

The second Hector Cross thriller. Book 1 in the series, Those in Peril, is out now in paperback and ebook.

REVIEWS

''As adventurous, violent and artful as ever'' - Libby Purves, Midweek on BBC Radio 4