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Kiss of Death
Paul Finch
Could this be the end for Heck?The Sunday Times bestseller returns with an unforgettable crime thriller. Fans of MJ Arlidge and Stuart MacBride won’t be able to put this down.Don’t let them catch you…A Deadly HuntDS ‘Heck’ Heckenburg has been tasked with retrieving one of the UK’s most wanted men. But the trail runs cold when Heck discovers a video tape showing the fugitive in a fight for his life. A fight he has no chance of winning.A Dangerous GameHeck realises that there’s another player in this game of cat and mouse, and this time, they’ve not just caught the prize: they’ve made sure no one else ever does.A Man Who Plays With FireHow far will Heck and his team go to protect some of the UK’s most brutal killers? And what price is he willing to pay?
PRAISE FOR PAUL FINCH (#u3b931196-b8bc-52a4-8965-821e9c7f2828)
‘Wonderfully dark and peppered with grim humour. Finch is a born storyteller and writes with the authentic voice of the ex-copper he is.’
PETER JAMES
‘Edge-of-the-seat reading … formidable – a British Alex Cross.’
SUN
‘An ingenious and original plot. Compulsive reading.’
RACHEL ABBOTT
‘As good as I expected from Paul Finch. Relentlessly action-packed, breathless in its finale, Paul expertly weaves a trail through the North’s dark underbelly.’
NEIL WHITE
‘A deliciously twisted and fiendish set of murders and a great pairing of detectives.’
STAV SHEREZ
‘Avon’s big star … part edge-of-the-seat, part hide-behind-the-sofa!’
THE BOOKSELLER
‘An explosive thriller that will leave you completely hooked.’
WE LOVE THIS BOOK
Copyright (#u3b931196-b8bc-52a4-8965-821e9c7f2828)
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008243982
Ebook Edition © August 2018 ISBN: 9780008243999
Version: 2018-06-21
Dedication (#u3b931196-b8bc-52a4-8965-821e9c7f2828)
For my wife, Catherine, who has always been my rock.
Table of Contents
Cover (#u72ed4c6b-8130-52ac-be0b-9bc1cd219ac3)
Praise for Paul Finch (#u3b1ab28c-0dfb-5513-bde8-3f80a17c6535)
Title Page (#u1c78fccc-90f4-5056-99d8-7f15e779c895)
Copyright (#u6df665bf-3408-59fc-a60d-eabfc12ce13f)
Dedication (#uc36abb68-705d-56fb-8198-afd616e046c1)
Prologue (#u2d2a42b9-792f-5a59-9699-baa339b07667)
Chapter 1 (#uad1ce23e-eed2-5288-b7eb-d76b2bdeac49)
Chapter 2 (#u9911de51-a756-5ae0-9dec-7196e1c93339)
Chapter 3 (#u5cf6c9d4-e245-5c1f-8209-0df63a1c1a68)
Chapter 4 (#u6b4069f7-09e5-51c5-91ae-3d8bf06e43ab)
Chapter 5 (#ub1b50d91-11c1-5231-9403-5c2055d3027b)
Chapter 6 (#u42def7a3-03a2-5bf8-a885-d62ace0dcdc8)
Chapter 7 (#u970e5670-77a7-59d0-a002-b4d48cb32f72)
Chapter 8 (#u99bc9583-c7f1-5fe3-ab57-6cacca5dd872)
Chapter 9 (#ua125066d-27c2-5f88-9d26-61f3604c2c56)
Chapter 10 (#u1c0223ce-dc2c-5e51-aac2-2444c2c9bdef)
Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39 (#litres_trial_promo)
Keep Reading… (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
By the Same Author: (#litres_trial_promo)
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Prologue (#u3b931196-b8bc-52a4-8965-821e9c7f2828)
2014
‘OK … here’s how we do it. Now pay attention, Brian. Pay very close attention …’
The older one was speaking, the one who’d been so indescribably vicious all night.
It was a strange thing, but as recently as one day ago, if you’d asked Brian Kelso which of two desperate criminals you’d expect to be the most unrestrainedly violent – the older one, or the younger one – he’d have opted for the younger one every time.
But of course, the last nine hours had not just changed his views on that – it had changed everything.
‘Are you listening?’ the guttural voice wondered.
Again, the guy sounded as if he was from East Yorkshire. Again, Kelso made a mental note to remember this, so that he at least had something he could tell the police, though both he and Justine needed to survive this ordeal first.
‘Yes, I’m listening,’ he told the throwaway phone they’d supplied him with.
‘Drive out of the north end of town along Welton Road. You know it?’
‘Yes … I know it.’
‘You’ll see a bus stop at the junction with Horncastle Lane. Slow down when you get there, and stop. That’s when you’ll receive further instructions.’
‘OK.’
‘Before you set off … how much did you manage to get?’
