Master the Flame

Adam Park #5

by A.D. Davies

Following the case he believed would be his last, private investigator Adam Park is simply a guy trying to get home. But the vicious criminal who shaped Adam’s life for the past couple of years demands a final assignment from him: solve the case of a serial arsonist, and Adam is free of any obligation.

Arriving in Amsterdam, Adam meets with Sophie Remick, who originally investigating a hotel fire that killed the son of a prominent US mobster, a fire she has always wanted to look deeper into. Adam’s presence gives her a chance at proving her theory.

And as the pair open new avenues, a sadistic killer tries to scare them off, and Adam and Sophie are propelled into a world of former-IRA smugglers and Russian mafia, punctuated by manipulative federal agents. It is a world they must learn to navigate swiftly if they are to survive.

This all new Adam Park thriller sees the troubled private detective face organised crime families, a serial killer driven by vengeance and fury, and an FBI agent who will not compromise with any of them.

If you love tough detectives, serial killer thrillers, and flawed characters trying their best to do the right thing, pick up Master the Flame today.

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The Adam Park series does not need to be read in sequence but readers will find it more rewarding in this order:

The Dead and the Missing

A Desperate Paradise

The Shadows of Empty Men

Night at the George Washington Diner (novella)

Master the Flame

Please note, all Adam Park thrillers contain violence and frequent bad language.

386 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 5, 2017

About the author

A.D. Davies grew up in Leeds, West Yorkshire. In high school his ambition was to be a writer of horror novels, although in adult life he became an avid fan of crime fiction. He also dabbles in action-adventure.

After a long stint in an unsatisfying job, he attended the University of Leeds where he attained a degree in creative writing.

He is well-travelled, his favourite destinations being New Zealand and Vietnam, which have influenced his writing immensely, especially obvious in his Adam Park novel.

For now, however, globe-trotting is taking a back-seat to raising his two children and writing, although he hopes to one day combine all three.

He now resides in Staffordshire, UK, with his wife and two children.

Connect in the following ways:
Twitter: @authoraddavies
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Website: www.addavies.com (including email list sign-up)

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Reviews

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

To understand what drives Adam you must start with the first book. Adam and his long time girlfriend, Jesse, developed a spy bot that they can inject into any computer system, which allows them to track and find just about anyone. They use it for good. Adam Park is my kind of guy. He has a moral compass but is not inclined to listen to it all the time. He has become beholden to a Russian gangster, albeit, white collar but who has his fingers in all kinds of businesses. Villa Fanuco is not a nice man. Now he wants to get into the U.S. and is using Adam Park as his cats paw. Adam owes Fanuco for helping Adam out of a bad spot, so Adam feels that he is responsible for this one last job. Adam’s long time mentor Harry and Jesse have cut Adam lose over his ties to Fanuco. He needs their help in this case with the Irish and U.S. Russia ‘families’ but will they help him? This book is fast paced, intriguing in that you can’t figure out who the firebug turns out to be. The ending along is worth the read. I love the writing of A. D. Davies and have read everything he has written so far. Can’t wait for Book 6 and for the next book in his Alicia Friend series.