John Matthews is a leading British thriller writer. His books span genres of crime, action, mystery and legal-thriller and include: Past Imperfect, The Second Amendment, Ascension Day, and The Prophet. Mystery and Suspense fans will love this great opportunity to check out these great novels, the first book in most of the series is free today. Enjoy!
Past Imperfect #1
John Matthews
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Two boys. One Murder. Sometimes justice takes more than a lifetime.
Past Imperfect #1 is part of a two book set. Book #1 has a build up of events and characters with resolution to a number of these. However, book #2 is required for resolution to all events, which in total spans 30 years in a major crime investigation.
A car accident in California, a deadly assault in Provence, and two boys 30 years apart are left battling for their lives.
Dominic Fornier is the detective who finds himself at the heart of the investigation. A simple provincial case that becomes one of the largest and most important in French criminal history.
Fornier’s only hope is to prove the link between the two boys thirty years apart. A compulsive journey through forensic, medical and psychiatric evidence between France, the USA and London; a breathless paper chase of clues from a young boy’s psyche… and a desperate race against time with a killer who will stop at nothing.
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Past Imperfect #2 (Crime, legal thriller (mystery, legal))
John Matthews
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Past Imperfect #2
Two boys. One Murder. Sometimes justice takes more than a lifetime.
A car accident in California, a deadly assault in Provence, and two boys 30 years apart are left battling for their lives.
Dominic Fornier is the detective who finds himself at the heart of the investigation. A simple provincial case that becomes one of the largest and most important in French criminal history.
Fornier’s only hope is to prove the link between the two boys thirty years apart. A compulsive journey through forensic, medical and psychiatric evidence between France, the USA and London; a breathless paper chase of clues from a young boy’s psyche… and a desperate race against time with a killer who will stop at nothing.
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The Prophet #1
John Matthews
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Sam Tynnan is convinced that with his latest novel, The Prophet –a unique interweaving of ancient prophecies with current-day Islamic terrorism – he’s written the thriller of the year. But when he finds himself targeted, he realizes that some people are determined to bury what’s he’s written.
Adel Al-Shaffir, Egyptian-born, heads an Arabic language ‘activity’ tracking centre at the forefront of hunting down the world’s leading terrorist, Abu Khalish.
But as Tynnan’s manuscript starts being played out in real-life with a chain of bomb attacks and his path collides with Al-Shaffir’s, the question begs: could what Tynnan’s written be used to avoid the prophesied Armageddon of his manuscript?
Or are both of them merely being used as bit players in that script, a terrifying odyssey in which ultimate conflict is unavoidable. A case of art mirroring life or life mirroring art? – with the stakes as never before.
The Prophet #1 is part of a two-book set. Book #1 has a build up of events with some issues resolved and ends on a cliffhanger. However, Book #2 is required for the full denouement and resolution to ALL issues.
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The Prophet #2
John Matthews
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
The Prophet #2
Sam Tynnan is convinced that with his latest novel, The Prophet –a unique interweaving of ancient prophecies with current-day Islamic terrorism – he’s written the thriller of the year. But when he finds himself targeted, he realizes that some people are determined to bury what’s he’s written.
Adel Al-Shaffir, Egyptian-born, heads an Arabic language ‘activity’ tracking centre at the forefront of hunting down the world’s leading terrorist, Abu Khalish.
But as Tynnan’s manuscript starts being played out in real-life with a chain of bomb attacks and his path collides with Al-Shaffir’s, the question begs: could what Tynnan’s written be used to avoid the prophesied Armageddon of his manuscript?
Or are both of them merely being used as bit players in that script, a terrifying odyssey in which ultimate conflict is unavoidable. A case of art mirroring life or life mirroring art? – with the stakes as never before.
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Ascension Day #1
John Matthews
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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When DEATH is your only hope…
Ascension Day is the most exciting and compelling death-row thriller since
The Shawshank Redemption
** NOTE **
Ascension Day #1 is part of a two-book set. Book #1 has a build up of characters and events with some issues resolved and ends on a cliffhanger. However, Book #2 is required for the full resolution and climax on all issues.
Ascension Day #1:
Only 47 days left until Larry Durrant’s execution, but lawyer Lac McElroy is determined to save his client’s life.
There are only three small problems: the evidence against Durrant is overwhelming, he’s made a full confession, and he wants to die…
But Jac’s hungry to make his mark and he knows something just isn’t right about Larry Durrant’s murder conviction. Trouble is, everyone thinks Larry’s guilty, from the Louisiana Governor right down to the accused, who has confessed to the crime and now wants to make peace with his maker.
Jac soon discovers that someone doesn’t want anyone — especially a lawyer — digging around this case. And they’ll stop at nothing to make sure Larry’s execution goes ahead on schedule. Now Jac must decide whether he’s prepared to risk his career, his reputation and his life to save a man who, by his own admission, is a murderer . . .
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Ascension Day #2
John Matthews
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
When DEATH is your only hope…
Ascension Day is the most exciting and compelling death-row thriller since
The Shawshank Redemption
Ascension Day #2 is part of a two-book set. Book #1 is approx 235 pages and Book #2 340 pages. Both parts #1 and #2 are available on Kindle.
Ascension Day #2
Only 47 days left until Larry Durrant’s execution, but lawyer Lac McElroy is determined to save his client’s life.
There are only three small problems: the evidence against Durrant is overwhelming, he’s made a full confession, and he wants to die…
But Jac’s hungry to make his mark and he knows something just isn’t right about Larry Durrant’s murder conviction. Trouble is, everyone thinks Larry’s guilty, from the Louisiana Governor right down to the accused, who has confessed to the crime and now wants to make peace with his maker.
Jac soon discovers that someone doesn’t want anyone — especially a lawyer — digging around this case. And they’ll stop at nothing to make sure Larry’s execution goes ahead on schedule. Now Jac must decide whether he’s prepared to risk his career, his reputation and his life to save a man who, by his own admission, is a murderer . . .
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The Second Amendment #1 (Crime, legal thriller (action, political))
John Matthews
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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One simple thesis. But it threatens the very roots of the Constitution. There’s too much at stake.
20,000 gun deaths a year, schoolyard massacres, and now a wave of militia bombings… America is under siege.
At the heart of the storm is Josette Horvath, the FBI counter-terrorist agent whose world is torn apart when her young son, Daniel, falls victim to a militia bomb. Her brother Bernard’s latest political studies thesis meanwhile focuses on the thorny issue suddenly foremost with the President and an outraged America: stricter gun control.
But Bernard doesn’t appreciate just how momentous and far-reaching his thesis is destined to become. And as Josette, torn between tracking the bombers and coping with her son’s fate, discovers the extent to which the far right have infiltrated the FBI and the White House – she realizes this is one final battle she can’t possibly win.
An explosive, uncompromising thriller which confronts head-on one of the most fiery issues of the past two decades: gun control.
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The Second Amendment #2 (Crime, legal thriller (action, political))
John Matthews
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book #2
One simple thesis. But it threatens the very roots of the Constitution. There’s too much at stake.
20,000 gun deaths a year, schoolyard massacres, and now a wave of militia bombings… America is under siege.
At the heart of the storm is Josette Horvath, the FBI counter-terrorist agent whose world is torn apart when her young son, Daniel, falls victim to a militia bomb. Her brother Bernard’s latest political studies thesis meanwhile focuses on the thorny issue suddenly foremost with the President and an outraged America: stricter gun control.
But Bernard doesn’t appreciate just how momentous and far-reaching his thesis is destined to become. And as Josette, torn between tracking the bombers and coping with her son’s fate, discovers the extent to which the far right have infiltrated the FBI and the White House – she realizes this is one final battle she can’t possibly win.
An explosive, uncompromising thriller which confronts head-on one of the most fiery issues of the past two decades: gun control.
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Letters From a Murderer: The First Jameson & Argenti Investigation
John Matthews
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
New York, 1891: a rapidly changing city, torn between lamplight and electric light, where the burgeoning steel and railway industries attract a flood of humanity from every corner of the globe, fuelling cut-throat gangs, corruption and vice.
A prostitute is found brutally murdered. Immediately fear starts to spread. The victim bears the same hallmarks as Jack the Ripper’s recent killing spree in England. Could it be that the Ripper has crossed the Atlantic to fresh killing grounds? Or is this simply a copycat murder?
To solve the case, one of the original English Ripper pathologists, Finley Jameson, is teamed up with Joseph Argenti, one of the new ‘untouchable’ detectives, hand-picked by a New York Mayor eager to fight corruption.
But Michael Tierney, the city’s leading gangster, has his own ideas about how the city should be run. And as the body-count rises, and Jameson & Argenti are taunted by the killer in open letters, they find themselves fighting not just to save the next victim, but for the city’s very soul.
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