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Alex Drayce #1
Nowhere to Hide
When the witness protection program fails catastrophically, Sarah Bennett is forced to go on the run, narrowly escaping with her life as she is hunted across London by the organised crime group she is imminently due to testify against.With the National Crime Agency compromised, private bodyguard Alex Drayce is hired to find Sarah and keep her safe.But with Britain’s most powerful criminals on their trail, he’ll need to use every weapon in his arsenal to keep them both alive. Because one thing is Sarah knows something these people want to keep hidden, and they’ll go to any lengths to keep it a secret.
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328 pages, Paperback
First published October 12, 2023
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August 31, 2023
Alex Drayce #1
When the witness protection programme fails catastrophically, Sarah Bennett is forced to go on the run, narrowly escaping with her life as she is haunted across London by the organised crime group, she is imminently due to testify against. While the National Crime Agency compromised, private bodyguard Alex Drayce is hired to find Sarah and keep her safe. But with Britain's most powerful on their trail, he'll need to use every weapon in his arsenal to keep them both alive. Because one thing is Sarah knows something these people want to keep hidden, and they'll go to any lengths to keep it a secret.
Alex Drayce is a former police officer who now works as a bodyguard. The characters are well developed, the pace is steady, with plenty of twists. The plotline is action packed and easy to follow. We get enough background information to pique our interest but leaves us wanting to know more. This is the first book in a new series, and I can't wait to see what Alex Drayce gets up to next.
I would like to thank #NetGalley #Canelo and the author #MaxLuther for my ARC of #NowhereToHide in exchange for an honest review.
When the witness protection programme fails catastrophically, Sarah Bennett is forced to go on the run, narrowly escaping with her life as she is haunted across London by the organised crime group, she is imminently due to testify against. While the National Crime Agency compromised, private bodyguard Alex Drayce is hired to find Sarah and keep her safe. But with Britain's most powerful on their trail, he'll need to use every weapon in his arsenal to keep them both alive. Because one thing is Sarah knows something these people want to keep hidden, and they'll go to any lengths to keep it a secret.
Alex Drayce is a former police officer who now works as a bodyguard. The characters are well developed, the pace is steady, with plenty of twists. The plotline is action packed and easy to follow. We get enough background information to pique our interest but leaves us wanting to know more. This is the first book in a new series, and I can't wait to see what Alex Drayce gets up to next.
I would like to thank #NetGalley #Canelo and the author #MaxLuther for my ARC of #NowhereToHide in exchange for an honest review.
October 11, 2023
This is a great action thriller.
Sarah is in witness protection but her whereabouts is comprised because of a leak.
She hires Alex as her bodyguard to keep her safe, but unfortunately the people who are looking for her are not far away.
There is lots of action and this is a fast paced story which I really enjoyed.
Thanks to Canelo and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.
Sarah is in witness protection but her whereabouts is comprised because of a leak.
She hires Alex as her bodyguard to keep her safe, but unfortunately the people who are looking for her are not far away.
There is lots of action and this is a fast paced story which I really enjoyed.
Thanks to Canelo and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.
September 11, 2023
Finished reading: September 10th 2023
"If there's one thing monsters hate more than anything, it's when good people fight back against them."
*** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and Canelo in exchange for an honest review. Thank you! ***
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November 14, 2023
Fast-paced and arresting, this book will grip you like a vice and refuse to let go. With an explosive first chapter that brilliantly whets the reader's appetite, NOWHERE TO HIDE is a novel that pulls no punches, delivering twist after twist as you breathlessly race to the end. An electrifying debut!
September 27, 2023
It has been a while but I've read a few books in the meantime and one of them is Nowhere to Hide by Max Luther. It will be published on the 12th of October, my birthday, and I received a copy of it from Canelo via Netgalley.
Sarah Bennett knows something. Something some people don't want exposed. And that's why she was in witness protection. She wasn't the only one in witness protection who knew something about that particular case. The protection fails horribly and now Sarah has to run for her life. The agency is compromised and one employee is determined to keep Sarah safe. The only way she knows how to do that is to ask for help from Alex Drayce, a private bodyguard. He has to use all his expertise to keep Sarah safe from the powerful criminals.
This was an amazing action thriller. It absolutely read like a film and my imagination just took over when reading this book. I love these fast paced action-filled thrillers with a good storyline. The characters are quite interesting and well worked out. You get to know them a bit, you know the background so you understand why they do what they do. I just couldn't put it down because it would be as if I would pause a film just in the middle. Loved the tension and the suspense in combination with the action. As it is where these kinds of films, the story itself was sometimes a bit over the top that didn't take away from being utterly enjoyable.
4,5/5 ⭐
Sarah Bennett knows something. Something some people don't want exposed. And that's why she was in witness protection. She wasn't the only one in witness protection who knew something about that particular case. The protection fails horribly and now Sarah has to run for her life. The agency is compromised and one employee is determined to keep Sarah safe. The only way she knows how to do that is to ask for help from Alex Drayce, a private bodyguard. He has to use all his expertise to keep Sarah safe from the powerful criminals.
This was an amazing action thriller. It absolutely read like a film and my imagination just took over when reading this book. I love these fast paced action-filled thrillers with a good storyline. The characters are quite interesting and well worked out. You get to know them a bit, you know the background so you understand why they do what they do. I just couldn't put it down because it would be as if I would pause a film just in the middle. Loved the tension and the suspense in combination with the action. As it is where these kinds of films, the story itself was sometimes a bit over the top that didn't take away from being utterly enjoyable.
4,5/5 ⭐
November 16, 2023
(2.5 stars)
Nowhere To Hide is a brutal thriller buying into the usual witness protection anxiety: witnesses in the program being found. One of the lead protagonists works at the National Command Authority (NCA) "specifically with witness protection: the staffing, the logistics, the communications, as well as the skillful deployment of every single method known to law enforcement regarding how to keep a witness's whereabouts secret." The other protagonist is a trained killer with morals, Alex Drayce: "He's extremely well trained and his morals are carved into bedrock."
This doesn't ring entirely true because Alex went from protecting the President to being a bodyguard for hire for people who other people want to kill because they're crime bosses. Also Alex has deformed ears, and these sorts of deformities are, the author tells us: "Without exception... the mark of men long accustomed to violence." You might also find it convenient (though not necessarily believable) that Alex is able to flick between extreme violence and behaviour fitting his high morality: "Time to embrace the savage within him, to park his more civilised self in the wings for a later performance."
This juxtaposition makes Nowhere to Hide feel like a Mills & Boon novel for men who want to see themselves as both refined and capable of incredible violence. At its heart this is a crudely written book about thug life: violent men who take stimulants, enjoy torturing kids and animals with flicking switch-knives and smell of panic: "his body odour had achieved an antisocial level." While the first two chapters were fast paced and exciting, it petered off and hid behind graphic descriptions of excessive violence and torture: "The man's flesh opened up, briefly revealing the severed muscle fibres and layers of subcutaneous fat, instantly camouflaged by a torrent of blood." .
Acronyms, for example, NCA, CTSFO and RaSP, are over-used and annoying to anyone who isn't a part of American bureaucracy. There's also a lot of explaining, rather than showing. Alex for example, has "experience in planning for every contingency, while blending into the background, unnoticed". The baddies wore masks which "obscured their identities to any onlookers without highlighting themselves as suspicious; many people still wore COVID-19 masks while out in public."
You will probably get a giggle out of some of the author's descriptive clunkers though: "His flesh welcomed the warmth as a starving man would a plate of food, absorbing in hungrily and distributing it around his body, his extremities tingling in the process." That was about warming up after being in a river, or there's my personal favourite: "Drayce gambled on the gunman reloading, and carpe'd the heck out of the diem." More ow than wow...
Nowhere To Hide is a brutal thriller buying into the usual witness protection anxiety: witnesses in the program being found. One of the lead protagonists works at the National Command Authority (NCA) "specifically with witness protection: the staffing, the logistics, the communications, as well as the skillful deployment of every single method known to law enforcement regarding how to keep a witness's whereabouts secret." The other protagonist is a trained killer with morals, Alex Drayce: "He's extremely well trained and his morals are carved into bedrock."
This doesn't ring entirely true because Alex went from protecting the President to being a bodyguard for hire for people who other people want to kill because they're crime bosses. Also Alex has deformed ears, and these sorts of deformities are, the author tells us: "Without exception... the mark of men long accustomed to violence." You might also find it convenient (though not necessarily believable) that Alex is able to flick between extreme violence and behaviour fitting his high morality: "Time to embrace the savage within him, to park his more civilised self in the wings for a later performance."
This juxtaposition makes Nowhere to Hide feel like a Mills & Boon novel for men who want to see themselves as both refined and capable of incredible violence. At its heart this is a crudely written book about thug life: violent men who take stimulants, enjoy torturing kids and animals with flicking switch-knives and smell of panic: "his body odour had achieved an antisocial level." While the first two chapters were fast paced and exciting, it petered off and hid behind graphic descriptions of excessive violence and torture: "The man's flesh opened up, briefly revealing the severed muscle fibres and layers of subcutaneous fat, instantly camouflaged by a torrent of blood." .
Acronyms, for example, NCA, CTSFO and RaSP, are over-used and annoying to anyone who isn't a part of American bureaucracy. There's also a lot of explaining, rather than showing. Alex for example, has "experience in planning for every contingency, while blending into the background, unnoticed". The baddies wore masks which "obscured their identities to any onlookers without highlighting themselves as suspicious; many people still wore COVID-19 masks while out in public."
You will probably get a giggle out of some of the author's descriptive clunkers though: "His flesh welcomed the warmth as a starving man would a plate of food, absorbing in hungrily and distributing it around his body, his extremities tingling in the process." That was about warming up after being in a river, or there's my personal favourite: "Drayce gambled on the gunman reloading, and carpe'd the heck out of the diem." More ow than wow...
October 16, 2023
Nowhere to Hide, is Max Luther’s debut novel and takes place over a 24 hour period. This gives it a running start from the first paragraph and a relentless pace that does not stop. The National Crime Agency is protecting two witnesses in a high profile, high stakes trial and as we begin to read the opening stages, it appears that they’re not doing quite as well at the protecting element as you might expect. The witnesses are being targeted by an organised crime gang and it’s not long at all before a sophisticated take down whittles the witness total down to one.
Set mostly in London, this is a high octane, all guns blazing story that begins with a welter of gunfire and does not for a moment let up until the very last bullet has been fired.
Nowhere to Hide is full of gangland violence, so it’s both bloody and uncompromising. Realising that the National Crime Agency’s Witness Protection programme has been compromised, and suspecting that there may be a leak inside the Agency, Julie Adler, Case Manager with the Protected Persons Service decides to call in a favour. She asks freelance bodyguard Alex Drayce to protect their witness, Sarah Bennett.
Knowing nothing about the case nor the dangers it brings, Alex is no stranger to close protection work and he agrees to take on this job. Soon he and Sarah are on the run and they must learn to trust each other if both are to survive.
Dark and gritty with high speed chases, spectacular shoot outs and a plot line that is full of intrigue, Nowhere to Hide has the kind of pacing that leaves you breathless just from turning the pages.
Nowhere to Hide introduces some characters that we want to know more about. Alex himself is on a quest that is so personal he can’t or won’t discuss it, while Julie can’t sleep and is clearly hiding some deep trauma, from herself as well as her team mates.
Verdict: If you like the fast pacing of 24 and the high energy of a Mission Impossible, then Nowhere to Hide may be the book for you.
Set mostly in London, this is a high octane, all guns blazing story that begins with a welter of gunfire and does not for a moment let up until the very last bullet has been fired.
Nowhere to Hide is full of gangland violence, so it’s both bloody and uncompromising. Realising that the National Crime Agency’s Witness Protection programme has been compromised, and suspecting that there may be a leak inside the Agency, Julie Adler, Case Manager with the Protected Persons Service decides to call in a favour. She asks freelance bodyguard Alex Drayce to protect their witness, Sarah Bennett.
Knowing nothing about the case nor the dangers it brings, Alex is no stranger to close protection work and he agrees to take on this job. Soon he and Sarah are on the run and they must learn to trust each other if both are to survive.
Dark and gritty with high speed chases, spectacular shoot outs and a plot line that is full of intrigue, Nowhere to Hide has the kind of pacing that leaves you breathless just from turning the pages.
Nowhere to Hide introduces some characters that we want to know more about. Alex himself is on a quest that is so personal he can’t or won’t discuss it, while Julie can’t sleep and is clearly hiding some deep trauma, from herself as well as her team mates.
Verdict: If you like the fast pacing of 24 and the high energy of a Mission Impossible, then Nowhere to Hide may be the book for you.
October 22, 2023
Nowhere to Hide by Max Luther
Alex Drayce #1
Fast-paced, action-packed, thrill-ride from beginning to end ~ Couldn’t put it down!
What I liked:
* Alex Drayce: ex-policeman, bodyguard, orphaned at 2 years of age, widow, has made fighting skills, lethal, believes in fighting the good fight and defending those in need, moral, willing to do what needs to be done to protect those in his care, intriguing
* Julie Adler: works for the National Crime Agency, career in police-type work, willing to bend rules to make sure the right thing is done, wise, protective, marksman, strong, and savvy
* Sarah: in witness protection program, gave information to put away the cruel evil Marlowe Brothers and is set to give testimony before being moved to her new location and identity, being chased by hitmen paid for by her brother
* The plot, pacing, tension, character development, and writing
* That I was invested in the outcome and rooting for Drayce to keep Sarah alive
* Finding a new author and series that I enjoyed and knowing there will be another book in this series next year
* All of it except…
What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about the evil that some are willing to do and how easily corrupting some people must be to do by those who are evil
* Having to wait to read the next book in the series
Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and Canelo for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4-5 Stars
Alex Drayce #1
Fast-paced, action-packed, thrill-ride from beginning to end ~ Couldn’t put it down!
What I liked:
* Alex Drayce: ex-policeman, bodyguard, orphaned at 2 years of age, widow, has made fighting skills, lethal, believes in fighting the good fight and defending those in need, moral, willing to do what needs to be done to protect those in his care, intriguing
* Julie Adler: works for the National Crime Agency, career in police-type work, willing to bend rules to make sure the right thing is done, wise, protective, marksman, strong, and savvy
* Sarah: in witness protection program, gave information to put away the cruel evil Marlowe Brothers and is set to give testimony before being moved to her new location and identity, being chased by hitmen paid for by her brother
* The plot, pacing, tension, character development, and writing
* That I was invested in the outcome and rooting for Drayce to keep Sarah alive
* Finding a new author and series that I enjoyed and knowing there will be another book in this series next year
* All of it except…
What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about the evil that some are willing to do and how easily corrupting some people must be to do by those who are evil
* Having to wait to read the next book in the series
Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and Canelo for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4-5 Stars
September 2, 2023
Nowhere to Hide by Max Luther is the first book in the Alex Drayce series also his debut novel.
Sarah Bennet is in the Witness protection program just about to testify against London top notorious crime gang the Marlowe brothers. When there is a leak in the National Crime agency and is compromised. The other person that was going to give evidence has been killed by someone who working for the brothers. So, Sarah scared for her life decides to go on the run.
Julie who works at the NCA tries to explain that there is a leak to her boss, but because she has no evidence, he doesn’t believe her. So, Julie takes things into her own hands and breaks protocol and hires old friend Alex Drayce to find her and keep her safe. Alex is an ex-police officer and now bodyguard and has experience in these situations before, so he agrees to help.
This is a suspenseful, high-octane thriller that will keep you reading to the small hours of the morning. I cannot believe this is a debut novel from the author. This is an easy read but has a great original plot and not over the top like some that I have read and the characters were also well developed. I am looking forward to seeing how this series develops. 5 stars from me.
Sarah Bennet is in the Witness protection program just about to testify against London top notorious crime gang the Marlowe brothers. When there is a leak in the National Crime agency and is compromised. The other person that was going to give evidence has been killed by someone who working for the brothers. So, Sarah scared for her life decides to go on the run.
Julie who works at the NCA tries to explain that there is a leak to her boss, but because she has no evidence, he doesn’t believe her. So, Julie takes things into her own hands and breaks protocol and hires old friend Alex Drayce to find her and keep her safe. Alex is an ex-police officer and now bodyguard and has experience in these situations before, so he agrees to help.
This is a suspenseful, high-octane thriller that will keep you reading to the small hours of the morning. I cannot believe this is a debut novel from the author. This is an easy read but has a great original plot and not over the top like some that I have read and the characters were also well developed. I am looking forward to seeing how this series develops. 5 stars from me.
September 17, 2024
What I liked:
* Alex Drayce: ex-policeman, bodyguard, orphaned at 2 years of age, widow, has made fighting skills, lethal, believes in fighting the good fight and defending those in need, moral, willing to do what needs to be done to protect those in his care, intriguing
* Julie Adler: works for the National Crime Agency, career in police-type work, willing to bend rules to make sure the right thing is done, wise, protective, marksman, strong, and savvy
* Sarah: in witness protection program, gave information to put away the cruel evil Marlowe Brothers and is set to give testimony before being moved to her new location and identity, being chased by hitmen paid for by her brother
* The plot, pacing, tension, character development, and writing
* That I was invested in the outcome and rooting for Drayce to keep Sarah alive
* Finding a new author and series that I enjoyed and knowing there will be another book in this series- I can't wait!
* All of it except…what I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about the evil that some are willing to do and how easily corrupting some people must be to do by those who are evil
* Having to wait to read the next book in the series
Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Yes
* Alex Drayce: ex-policeman, bodyguard, orphaned at 2 years of age, widow, has made fighting skills, lethal, believes in fighting the good fight and defending those in need, moral, willing to do what needs to be done to protect those in his care, intriguing
* Julie Adler: works for the National Crime Agency, career in police-type work, willing to bend rules to make sure the right thing is done, wise, protective, marksman, strong, and savvy
* Sarah: in witness protection program, gave information to put away the cruel evil Marlowe Brothers and is set to give testimony before being moved to her new location and identity, being chased by hitmen paid for by her brother
* The plot, pacing, tension, character development, and writing
* That I was invested in the outcome and rooting for Drayce to keep Sarah alive
* Finding a new author and series that I enjoyed and knowing there will be another book in this series- I can't wait!
* All of it except…what I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about the evil that some are willing to do and how easily corrupting some people must be to do by those who are evil
* Having to wait to read the next book in the series
Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Yes
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 8, 2023
This is one fast paced novel, action packed and very exciting, and I actually read it in one day. Alex Drayce is certainly someone you would want on your side, and not make an enemy of.
The story starts off with a girl named Sarah who is in witness protection via the NCA and her position is comprised because of a leak in the establishment. No one knows how far the tentacles go and which agency is involved. Julie hires Alex as her bodyguard to keep her safe, but unfortunately the people who are out to get her are not far behind. The plot is very tight and well written, but I did work out who it was, so that really wasn’t a surprise.
I hope the author continues with more adventures featuring Alex and the NCA who seem to weird more power than the police, and add more thrills and drama.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would like to thank you the author, Canelo and Netgalley for the ARC.
The story starts off with a girl named Sarah who is in witness protection via the NCA and her position is comprised because of a leak in the establishment. No one knows how far the tentacles go and which agency is involved. Julie hires Alex as her bodyguard to keep her safe, but unfortunately the people who are out to get her are not far behind. The plot is very tight and well written, but I did work out who it was, so that really wasn’t a surprise.
I hope the author continues with more adventures featuring Alex and the NCA who seem to weird more power than the police, and add more thrills and drama.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would like to thank you the author, Canelo and Netgalley for the ARC.
August 28, 2023
Thank you to NetGalley and Canelo.
When two witness protection teams are compromised and one of the witnesses is murdered, Alex Drayce, a former cop turned bodyguard, is called in to protect Sarah Bennet, the sole survivor.
Alex is a tough guy capable of taking on several bad guys without batting an eyelash. In my case I have to say that I found Sarah tremendously irritating from the very beginning, always complaining, but that's probably my problem more than the author's.
The plot is not particularly complicated but it certainly works, there are some surprising twists, great action scenes and certainly interesting characters. I'm waiting to know more about Alex's wife, which is sure to bring surprises, and the friendship between him and Julie.
As I say, it is a promising start to this series full of action and adrenaline.
When two witness protection teams are compromised and one of the witnesses is murdered, Alex Drayce, a former cop turned bodyguard, is called in to protect Sarah Bennet, the sole survivor.
Alex is a tough guy capable of taking on several bad guys without batting an eyelash. In my case I have to say that I found Sarah tremendously irritating from the very beginning, always complaining, but that's probably my problem more than the author's.
The plot is not particularly complicated but it certainly works, there are some surprising twists, great action scenes and certainly interesting characters. I'm waiting to know more about Alex's wife, which is sure to bring surprises, and the friendship between him and Julie.
As I say, it is a promising start to this series full of action and adrenaline.
October 26, 2025
I don’t read much but holy the description in this book is amazing. Whether i should be amazed im not sure, the opening paragraph gives such a good impression on the book.
“Mick kept his eyes busy.”-
*insert unimportant sentence (no offence)*
“The engine off, his window open a crack, he listened for any sound that didn’t belong, not easy with the string wind assaulting the trees. Branches thrashed back and fourth; leaves rustled, mimicking the white noise from a broken radio. Lightning illuminated the hills on the horizon, the distant rumble of thunder echoing seconds later.”-
*insert unimportant sentence (again, no offence)*
“Rain spattered his cheek through the small gap in the open window. He wiped it off just as the heavens truly opened, the giant raindrops slamming into the glass, propelled by the storm.”-
how detailed? love this. (sorry for any typos x)
“Mick kept his eyes busy.”-
*insert unimportant sentence (no offence)*
“The engine off, his window open a crack, he listened for any sound that didn’t belong, not easy with the string wind assaulting the trees. Branches thrashed back and fourth; leaves rustled, mimicking the white noise from a broken radio. Lightning illuminated the hills on the horizon, the distant rumble of thunder echoing seconds later.”-
*insert unimportant sentence (again, no offence)*
“Rain spattered his cheek through the small gap in the open window. He wiped it off just as the heavens truly opened, the giant raindrops slamming into the glass, propelled by the storm.”-
how detailed? love this. (sorry for any typos x)
March 22, 2024
Alex Drayce is a Private Bodyguard. He was on the police force, but gave that up when his wife was murdered. Now he is a bodyguard, for hire, and it keeps him busy. This time he is contacted by a old friend, Julie, who is an officer in the Witness Protection Agency.
Two of the witnesses that they were protecting have been targeted. One got away, Sarah. But, unless Julie gets someone to protect her, they will lose a witness that they need to put away two known criminals. But, these criminals will stop at nothing to find Sarah.
This one has you turning pages as it is a wild ride all the way though. Really great start to a series and hope to read the 2nd in this one.
Two of the witnesses that they were protecting have been targeted. One got away, Sarah. But, unless Julie gets someone to protect her, they will lose a witness that they need to put away two known criminals. But, these criminals will stop at nothing to find Sarah.
This one has you turning pages as it is a wild ride all the way though. Really great start to a series and hope to read the 2nd in this one.
May 11, 2024
This was actually really good a real tour de force and action packed from beginning to end. A failed witness protection program that leads Sarah Bennett to be on the run that is until she is intercepted by the ex policeman and now private bodyguard Alex Drayce who arrives rather like a Knight in shining armour. Almost a jack reacher type character of whom.i am a massive fan of.
Add a few bent police personnel, gangs and two brothers in prison who are like the Kray brothers and this book creates its own type of crazy
Enjoyable read
Add a few bent police personnel, gangs and two brothers in prison who are like the Kray brothers and this book creates its own type of crazy
Enjoyable read
September 2, 2023
I was given this book by NetGalley for an honest review-
What a book! I was captivated from the first page.
Sarah is in the witness.protection program waiting to testify against an organized crime group. They want her dead- and there is a leak somewhere as she ends up running for her life,
Alex, a bodyguard is hired to keep her safe. They are up against a dangerous group . Can he keep her safe. Grab this book for a thrilling read!
What a book! I was captivated from the first page.
Sarah is in the witness.protection program waiting to testify against an organized crime group. They want her dead- and there is a leak somewhere as she ends up running for her life,
Alex, a bodyguard is hired to keep her safe. They are up against a dangerous group . Can he keep her safe. Grab this book for a thrilling read!
September 5, 2023
As soon as you start this book prepare to do nothing else but read this book. Alex will do anything to protect Sarah who is in witness protection . This book is like watching a high speed chase from the very first pages your captivated by the storyline and the author makes sure he keeps you on the edge of your seat! I absolutely loved this book. Loved the page turning suspense. Highly recommend reading!!
June 25, 2024
Brilliant! An unexpectedly (this is the author’s debut) enjoyable thriller, superbly written. Engrossing from the off, the thrills keep coming; but this is no shallow one-dimensional characters easy pleaser. The hero gains depth as we gradually learn more about him and I can’t wait for more in this series.
The author comes from a bookselling family. I am an independent bookseller and will be recommending him to our customers.
The author comes from a bookselling family. I am an independent bookseller and will be recommending him to our customers.
September 27, 2023
This is a very good, promising, debut novel from the author, set around the Witness protection programme. The main character, Alex, is portrayed well with this original plotting and there is enough suspense to occupy the reader until the end. It's an action packed easy read which I am sure fans of thrillers will enjoy. Thanks to Net Galley for my ARC.
October 17, 2023
An action packed thriller involving witness protection and the crime underworld in London. The plot is well thought out, there is a lot of violence and a few unexpected twists in the story. I liked this book a lot. The main characters, Julie & Alex are well portrayed, the baddies are suitably nasty.
Thanks to Net Galley for a great read
Thanks to Net Galley for a great read
April 3, 2024
Ex-cop now working as a bodyguard is brought in to protect the only surviving person who can bring down Britain's most powerful crime family. The witness protection team has been compromised and this outsider is considered her only chance of survival.
This giant of a man seems capable of both dishing out and absorbing tremendous amounts of punishment and regularly does.
This giant of a man seems capable of both dishing out and absorbing tremendous amounts of punishment and regularly does.
November 4, 2023
unputdownable
Really enjoyed this book just kept me turning the pages which is what I love about a book.. very good story, wish you all the best Max Luther for your future stories 👏👏👏👏🍾
Really enjoyed this book just kept me turning the pages which is what I love about a book.. very good story, wish you all the best Max Luther for your future stories 👏👏👏👏🍾
November 11, 2023
This reads like it was generated by an AI thats had a diet of similar works. Utterly, utterly generic, and making use of every single cliche in the genre.
It’s an OK read, but there’s nothing new or surprising anywhere within it.
It’s an OK read, but there’s nothing new or surprising anywhere within it.
March 9, 2024
High octane with a gripping edge. I could feel the danger building and maintaining a composed face was hard as I was scared witless. I feel for those in Witness protection. In this book Sarah is hiding for her life and it's plotted against her!
December 16, 2024
4.25! This book was so good but something was missing to make it 5 stars but god it left me on a cliffhanger like a bad one thanks max lol ! but I loved this got my jaw on the floor and I was gobsmacked
June 10, 2025
I mean, from chapter one I couldn't put it down. Then chapter two it was better. Right the way through I didn't want to put this book down. Quite possibly the best book I have read in a while. Definitely keeps you hooked from page one.
November 29, 2023
Non stop action
Great fun Very well written The characters are well developed and the story is superb. Buckle up and enjoy this novel. Max luther has great writing talent. Superb
Great fun Very well written The characters are well developed and the story is superb. Buckle up and enjoy this novel. Max luther has great writing talent. Superb
January 20, 2024
I really enjoyed this book. Great read and really captivating. Especially loved the last few chapters! Would highly recommend
February 5, 2024
This was action packed from the 1st page. I would highly recommend this book and very much looking forward to reading more by Max.
February 23, 2024
This book was amazing former bodyguard Alex drayce agrees to do protect a young girl for a friend but nothing is that simple.this book has action fast paced gripping thriller.
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