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Shoot To Kill: An SAS Red Troop Thriller
"Some writers talk the talk, but Roger Price walks the walk." Stephen Leather
1988MI5 intelligence officer, Bertram Hastings is unconventional having not come through the Oxbridge route, but is an excellent field operative. Together with Captain Vernon Jackson - who has as many haters as admirers, but is known to get results - lead SAS Red Troop; a unit formed to take the fight to the terrorists in Ulster.
The Provisional IRA suffer severe financial setback at the hands of Red Troop, following a tip-off from America.
Meanwhile, women are being snatched off the streets of Dublin and dumped, bound and gagged, outside a Belfast police station. They are escapees from justice who were used by the IRA as ‘honeytraps’ to kill soldiers and policemen.
Loyalist UFF commander Billy Campbell is behind the extra-judicial extraditions, driven by a personal hatred of the honeytrap tactic. He is also hell-bent on escalating the sectarian war to unseen levels. The IRA are hell-bent on killing him.
Red Troop must stop this by getting to Campbell, but he is always one step ahead as he receives help from within the RUC.
Then a ghost from Jackson’s past threatens to disband Red Troop if they fail in their assignment.
In a race-against-time to stop PIRA and the UFF from escalating the conflict, Jackson and Hastings have to consider doing the unthinkable…
But will their audacious plan work? And at what price?
Roger A. Price left the police as Special Operations DI and became an Amazon bestselling crime fiction author. With several crime thrillers and procedurals published, he continues to delve into his bank of real life experiences to bring his novels to life.
Praise for Roger A.
'Drugs, armed robbers, and cops working the grittiest streets...Hard case crime Northwest England style...As good a bit of Lancashire Noir as you'll read all year.' Paul Finch
'Slick, smart and heart-stoppingly suspenseful, with a genius twist that floored me...This is Roger at his best!' A. A. Chaudhuri
1988MI5 intelligence officer, Bertram Hastings is unconventional having not come through the Oxbridge route, but is an excellent field operative. Together with Captain Vernon Jackson - who has as many haters as admirers, but is known to get results - lead SAS Red Troop; a unit formed to take the fight to the terrorists in Ulster.
The Provisional IRA suffer severe financial setback at the hands of Red Troop, following a tip-off from America.
Meanwhile, women are being snatched off the streets of Dublin and dumped, bound and gagged, outside a Belfast police station. They are escapees from justice who were used by the IRA as ‘honeytraps’ to kill soldiers and policemen.
Loyalist UFF commander Billy Campbell is behind the extra-judicial extraditions, driven by a personal hatred of the honeytrap tactic. He is also hell-bent on escalating the sectarian war to unseen levels. The IRA are hell-bent on killing him.
Red Troop must stop this by getting to Campbell, but he is always one step ahead as he receives help from within the RUC.
Then a ghost from Jackson’s past threatens to disband Red Troop if they fail in their assignment.
In a race-against-time to stop PIRA and the UFF from escalating the conflict, Jackson and Hastings have to consider doing the unthinkable…
But will their audacious plan work? And at what price?
Roger A. Price left the police as Special Operations DI and became an Amazon bestselling crime fiction author. With several crime thrillers and procedurals published, he continues to delve into his bank of real life experiences to bring his novels to life.
Praise for Roger A.
'Drugs, armed robbers, and cops working the grittiest streets...Hard case crime Northwest England style...As good a bit of Lancashire Noir as you'll read all year.' Paul Finch
'Slick, smart and heart-stoppingly suspenseful, with a genius twist that floored me...This is Roger at his best!' A. A. Chaudhuri
285 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 2, 2025
About the author
Roger A. Price
17 books56 followersThe author is a retired detective inspector who had been in charge of a covert unit, which received national acclaim for its successes in engaging those who openly sold Class A drugs.
Prior to this, he’d been in charge of the C.I.D. at Preston, having first led a dedicated informant unit.
He also worked on murders, drugs squads, and the regional and national crime squads, often in covert roles across the UK, Europe, and the Far East, receiving several commendations.
A member of the Crime Writers' Association he now writes crime, thrillers - in novel - and drama scripts. He uses his previous professional experiences to add gritty realism. Represented by SMA Talent.
www.rogerapriceauthor.co.uk
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October 22, 2025
Roger A. Price delivers again! You can tell this author has lived what he writes every page feels raw, real, and adrenaline-fueled. The action scenes are sharp, the dialogue crisp, and the realism unmatched. If you love military thrillers with heart and grit, this is unmissable.
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