Strike Back by Chris Ryan

Strike Back by Chris Ryan

The latest, explosive installment in the Detective Kate Bowen mystery thriller series

'A great storm is coming, ' the British ISIS messenger warns. 'As the Crusader seeks to destroy the lands of the Prophet, so we will lay waste a great city. Your greatest power will be our greatest weapon.'

Detective Kate Bowen works scant clues to foil a looming ISIS attack. Nobody knows the when, where, or how the terrorist cell will strike. All Kate has is an insatiable thirst for justice and a hard-boiled surveillance team.

Her past is her enemy

As her mother is struck down and clings to life by a thread, a faceless specter from Kate's past emerges threatening biblical revenge. Her transgression is unspoken, the danger unknown.

Her two worlds explode

With explosions rocking her city of Dublin and her personal life in tatters, can Kate strike back at her nemesis and save a metropolis from ruin before a ticking clock hits zero?

'A thrilling and fast paced novel. With 'Strike Back' T.R. Croke has created a visceral page turner, propelling us into a tense and exciting world, and a story that moves at breakneck speed. Fasten your safety belts ' - Niamh Boyce, the No. 1 bestselling author of Her Kind and The Herbalist.

'Strike Back is a fast-paced, action packed thriller with a strong and sympathetic female lead in Detective Kate Bowen.' - Andrea Carter, author of the best-selling Inishowen Mysteries series.

If you enjoy compulsive page-turners with constant tension and engaging twists and turns, you'll love the Kate Bowen thriller series.

Former SAS corporal and the only man to escape death or capture during the Bravo Two Zero operation in the 1991 Gulf War, Chris Ryan turned to writing thrillers to tell the stories the Official Secrets Act stops him putting in his non-fiction. His novels have gone on to inspire the Sky One series Strike Back.

Born near Newcastle in 1961, Chris Ryan joined the SAS in 1984. During his ten years there he was involved in overt and covert operations and was also sniper team commander of the anti-terrorist team. During the Gulf War, Chris Ryan was the only member of an eight-man unit to escape from Iraq, where three colleagues were killed and four captured. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of the SAS. For this he was awarded the Military Medal.

He wrote about his experiences in the bestseller The One That Got Away, which was adapted for screen, and since then has written three other works of non-fiction, over twenty bestselling novels and a series of childrens' books.