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Matt Hilton

    Drawing from his extensive background in private security and law enforcement, Matt Hilton crafts thrilling narratives that resonate with authenticity. His novels often feature high-octane plots, exploring the gritty realities of violence and its consequences with a direct and impactful style. Hilton's writing immerses readers in high-stakes scenarios, dissecting the darker aspects of human nature and the moral ambiguities encountered in extreme circumstances.

    Rules of Honour
    Blood Kin
    Marked for Death
    Worst Fear
    Blood Tracks
    No Going Back
    • 2024

      This standalone sees two brothers saved from a cult as children, now grown up to become two very different adults. Both are being pursued by a serial killer hell bent on sacrificing them for their divine purpose . . . All angels are not goodness and light. In fact . . . they're some of the most murderous creatures you'll ever come across Former detective Nate Freeman just wants to be left alone as he recovers from the case that ended his career two years ago. As a child, he and his brother Will were saved from a religious fanatic compound in the US and brought to the UK. Now, as an adult, Nate has no idea where Will, or any of the other surviving 'Children of Hamor' are, until they suddenly start turning up dead - minus some skin . . . When his old boss DCI Openshaw asks him to assist in finding the serial killer who is hell bent on collecting the symbols so brutally branded onto the children's backs in the name of Berith - the Fallen Angel, Nate finds himself conflicted. As one of 'the promised' Nate is in mortal danger, and as the case builds momentum Will becomes the prime suspect. It's an intense race against time for Nate to uncover the identity of the 'angelic' serial killer and save his own skin in the process!

      Death Pact
    • 2024

      Danni has seen more in her eight years on this planet than most people see in a lifetime. The sole survivor of a motorway pile-up which took her mother's life, she is now safe and thriving with her adoptive family. Until the day the bad people come knocking. Forcing Danni to face the memories she has done such a good job forgetting . . . Josie's quiet life is dismantled with a knock at the door. When she and her daughter are violently kidnapped, Josie must act fast to survive. Danni has very little memory of the day her mother died, but these people are hell-bent on finding the money her mother stole before her death, and they think Danni knows more than she's letting on. Grace arrives at her big sister's house to find her partner Pete beaten and tied up and her sister and niece taken. Josie has been her protector her entire life - but now she needs to be the strong one. Enlisting the help of a friend with the combat experience and skills she needs, Grace will stop at nothing to get her family back home . . .

      The Girl in the Smoke
    • 2023

      A mother and her children murdered. A nanny on the run. A killer in pursuit. Ex-nanny Joanne Mason is running out of options. Tess Grey and her partner Nicolas 'Po' Villere are tasked with bringing her in safely, but they're not the only ones: the real murderer is also hot on Joanne's trail...

      Cold Fire
    • 2022

      Where's Tony Vaughan? The Brogans want to know,and they don't ask nicely as Private Investigator Tess Grey finds out. 'Po'Villere and Tess enact retribution by finding Tony first, only to discover he'saided Leah Brogan - the pregnant daughter of one of the Brogans - in escapingthe family. Now Tess wants to protect Leah no matter the cost.

      Fatal Conflict
    • 2021

      'Po' Villere bumps into Elspeth Fuchs, an old flame, fleeing her abusive husband and takes her and her son, Jacob, in. But Jacob looks exactly like Po did when he was a child. Is Jacob really Po's son? Before they can find out Elspeth and Jacob are abducted and Po and his partner, Private Investigator Tess Grey, set out to rescue them.

      Blood Kin
    • 2020

      After tracking down a missing girl, private investigator Tess Grey feels duty bound to protect the girl and her friends when thugs threaten to extort them. But what have the girls got themselves caught up in? Tess and her fianc� Po Villere have no idea the extent to which the thugs will go to get their money, and how deadly the events will become.

      Collision Course
    • 2019

      False Move

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.8(21)Add rating

      'Hilton provides a doozy of a wham-bam finale, with Tess and Po, pitted against a platoon of highly trained operatives. Fans will eagerly await their next adventure.' Publishers WeeklyWhen an ex-cop goes on the run from his employers, his daughter seeks help from an old friend . . . Tess Grey.Ex-cop Aaron Lacey is on the run from Elite Custodian Services, a protection service of ex-military and police – and his current employers – and they will stop at nothing to track him down. His disappearance results in his daughter reaching out to her old schoolfriend, Tess Grey. But when Tess’s mother urges her to turn down helping her friend, Tess begins to question why.Is her mother simply being overprotective, or is there more to her past with Lacey than Tess realises? Why has Lacey gone underground and why are the Elite so determined to catch him?As Tess and her partner Nicolas Villere get involved, they need to figure out who can be trusted and what secrets they are hiding.

      False Move
    • 2019

      Rough Justice

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.8(27)Add rating

      After a plane crashes in the Great North Woods and three biologists claim there were only two bodies found, Tess Grey is sent to investigate by an insurance firm when a rumor is heard there was a survivor. But Tess and her team are not the only ones heading to the scene of the crash. Who else is sniffing around the site and did the biologists lie?

      Rough Justice
    • 2018

      Worst Fear

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      When the body of Tess Grey's former university roommate is found on a rocky Maine beach, having fallen from the cliffs above, the initial verdict is suicide. But why would Chelsea Grace, who was terrified of heights, have chosen to end her life in a way that invoked her very worst fear? Tess determines to find out.

      Worst Fear
    • 2018

      Joe Hunter and his associates are hired to provide security for an elite event in Miami. Wear a tux, stay professional, job done. But things go wrong. Hunter is drawn into what appears to be a domestic altercation. When he crosses the mysterious Mikhail however, he soon finds something altogether more sinister... Before long this chance encounter has serious repercussions for Hunter and his friends. Good people are being killed. On the run, in the line of fire, the clock is ticking.

      Marked for Death