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Danny Shanklin #1.5
Hostage
Ex-CIA agent Danny Shanklin, the hero of Hunted, returns in this spin-off short-paced thriller.
Mary Watts, the wife of rich mogul, Richards Watts, has been kidnapped.
Haunted by the death of his wife and daughter, murdered in front of his eyes by the notorious Paper Stone Scissors killer, Danny is hired to find her before the kidnapper’s carry out their threat of execution.
But the raid goes wrong and Danny is left for dead.
Can he find Mary before her kidnappers? And will he be able to save her?
Mary Watts, the wife of rich mogul, Richards Watts, has been kidnapped.
Haunted by the death of his wife and daughter, murdered in front of his eyes by the notorious Paper Stone Scissors killer, Danny is hired to find her before the kidnapper’s carry out their threat of execution.
But the raid goes wrong and Danny is left for dead.
Can he find Mary before her kidnappers? And will he be able to save her?
- GenresThriller
100 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 18, 2012
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About the author
Emlyn Rees
28 books41 followersEMLYN REES is a fiction and non-fiction author, editor and director of the Dark & Stormy Crime Film, TV & Book Festival, and an associate copywriter at We Are Adult.
He spent his early twenties traveling around Asia and pouring drinks in London for the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Princess Anne, before joining the Curtis Brown literary agency and having his first crime novel published aged twenty-five, his second a year later, and then co-writing seven comedies with Josie Lloyd, including the Number One Sunday Times bestseller Come Together.
Emlyn’s race-against-the-clock thriller, Hunted, was published in 2012 by Constable & Robinson in the UK and HarperCollins in the US. Hunted is optioned and in in development with Biting Point films, scripted and being directed by Eric Styles. The sequel, Wanted, was published in 2014 in the UK by Little, Brown and in the US by HarperCollins.
Emlyn lives in Brighton with his wife Joanna Rees, who also writes under the name Josie Lloyd. We’re Going on a Bar Hunt and The Very Hungover Caterpillar, both parodies, written by Emlyn and Josie, and illustrated by the brilliant Gillian Johnson, are out now, published by Little, Brown.
He spent his early twenties traveling around Asia and pouring drinks in London for the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Princess Anne, before joining the Curtis Brown literary agency and having his first crime novel published aged twenty-five, his second a year later, and then co-writing seven comedies with Josie Lloyd, including the Number One Sunday Times bestseller Come Together.
Emlyn’s race-against-the-clock thriller, Hunted, was published in 2012 by Constable & Robinson in the UK and HarperCollins in the US. Hunted is optioned and in in development with Biting Point films, scripted and being directed by Eric Styles. The sequel, Wanted, was published in 2014 in the UK by Little, Brown and in the US by HarperCollins.
Emlyn lives in Brighton with his wife Joanna Rees, who also writes under the name Josie Lloyd. We’re Going on a Bar Hunt and The Very Hungover Caterpillar, both parodies, written by Emlyn and Josie, and illustrated by the brilliant Gillian Johnson, are out now, published by Little, Brown.
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February 19, 2019
Quick paced action storyline love the main character
August 17, 2016
Very quick read. Beautiful atmospheric descriptions, great characters, and a really compelling story that drags you in until you've finished reading.
March 14, 2024
Poor Danny, this was a walk in the park in comparison to what he'd be dealing with 4 years later lol
July 8, 2013
Short, but good. The atmosphere, characterizations and story are all well executed in easy to read prose. I'm really looking forward to the next full length Danny Shanklin novel, having read the first a couple of years ago.
July 7, 2016
was a good read as well.
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