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Major Crimes Unit #1-3
Sarah Stone Trilogy, #1-3
This omnibus edition includes thousands of pages of non-stop action, unexpected twists, and breathtaking set pieces with the world's most badass hero, Captain Sarah Stone. Includes full versions of SOFT TARGET, HOT ZONE, & END PLAY.
SOFT TARGET
NOWHERE IS SAFE FROM EVIL...
FROM THE BIGGEST CITIES...
TO THE SMALLEST VILLAGE
When an elderly suicide bomber strikes a quiet English village, a once proud nation is brought to its knees. Yet this first attack is just the start of something far greater and much much worse.
An attack is coming that no one could have predicted.
The days to follow will determine if the United Kingdom has a future, or if it will be reduced to anarchy and ashes.
Only one person has a chance to halt the impending terror attacks--damaged ex-solider Captain Sarah Stone. Sarah despises her own country for what it did to her, and that’s what makes it so hard when she is forced to save it, but when an old enemy takes credit for the attacks, her thirst for vengeance forces her to take action.
SOFT TARGET is the first in a series of books featuring acerbic heroine Captain Sarah Stone and the Major Crimes Unit. It is a non-stop action thriller in the same style of Jack Reacher, Tom Clancy, and 24.
HOT ZONE
Sarah Stone is missing.
The terrorism threat in the UK is growing day by day. MCU agent Howard Hopkins is heading to White Knight Hospital. Not because he's sick, but because there's been an outbreak of an infectious disease. Somebody has intentionally released Ebola Virus and it's time for the Major Crimes Unit to act. If they fail, thousands will die painful, bloody deaths. This time, he'll have to save the day without his partner, Sarah, who has been missing for months.
Eventually Sarah and Howard's paths will cross again, but they might not be on the same side. Both are looking for the same man-a psychotic doctor with a grudge against Western civilisation, who won't stop until Ebola, HIV, and Malaria are as much a threat in the United Kingdom and Europe as they are in the 3rd World.
Iain Rob Wright breaks new ground in the non-stop action-thriller genre as he tops his previous book, Soft Target, with an even greater threat. A threat lodged in the current psyche of today's society. A book sure to thrill and frighten.
END PLAY
Old Nightmares and New Threats…
Sarah Stone is finished. The last year of her life has seen her face madmen and terrorists that will haunt her forever. This case will be her last.
The Flower Man is London’s worst ever serial killer, putting even Jack the Ripper to shame. Sarah can’t quit until she catches the monster and ensures no more innocent people are killed. A local tip off might just be the break she needs to find her man and get the job done for good.
But Sarah doesn’t know that an even bigger monster from her past has just awoken, and that the City of London is about to be devastated by the worst attack in it's long and prestigious history. It’s already too late.
If Sarah doesn’t end the killing now, it will end her. She has one chance to get her life back, but time is running out. This is her end play.
Iain Rob Wright completes the first trilogy of Sarah Stone books with the biggest threat yet, bringing death and mayhem from all sides.
All 3 books in the adrenaline fuelled Sarah Stone trilogy by bestselling author Iain Rob Wright, all included in one great value boxset with 30% off versus buying the books individually.
SOFT TARGET
NOWHERE IS SAFE FROM EVIL...
FROM THE BIGGEST CITIES...
TO THE SMALLEST VILLAGE
When an elderly suicide bomber strikes a quiet English village, a once proud nation is brought to its knees. Yet this first attack is just the start of something far greater and much much worse.
An attack is coming that no one could have predicted.
The days to follow will determine if the United Kingdom has a future, or if it will be reduced to anarchy and ashes.
Only one person has a chance to halt the impending terror attacks--damaged ex-solider Captain Sarah Stone. Sarah despises her own country for what it did to her, and that’s what makes it so hard when she is forced to save it, but when an old enemy takes credit for the attacks, her thirst for vengeance forces her to take action.
SOFT TARGET is the first in a series of books featuring acerbic heroine Captain Sarah Stone and the Major Crimes Unit. It is a non-stop action thriller in the same style of Jack Reacher, Tom Clancy, and 24.
HOT ZONE
Sarah Stone is missing.
The terrorism threat in the UK is growing day by day. MCU agent Howard Hopkins is heading to White Knight Hospital. Not because he's sick, but because there's been an outbreak of an infectious disease. Somebody has intentionally released Ebola Virus and it's time for the Major Crimes Unit to act. If they fail, thousands will die painful, bloody deaths. This time, he'll have to save the day without his partner, Sarah, who has been missing for months.
Eventually Sarah and Howard's paths will cross again, but they might not be on the same side. Both are looking for the same man-a psychotic doctor with a grudge against Western civilisation, who won't stop until Ebola, HIV, and Malaria are as much a threat in the United Kingdom and Europe as they are in the 3rd World.
Iain Rob Wright breaks new ground in the non-stop action-thriller genre as he tops his previous book, Soft Target, with an even greater threat. A threat lodged in the current psyche of today's society. A book sure to thrill and frighten.
END PLAY
Old Nightmares and New Threats…
Sarah Stone is finished. The last year of her life has seen her face madmen and terrorists that will haunt her forever. This case will be her last.
The Flower Man is London’s worst ever serial killer, putting even Jack the Ripper to shame. Sarah can’t quit until she catches the monster and ensures no more innocent people are killed. A local tip off might just be the break she needs to find her man and get the job done for good.
But Sarah doesn’t know that an even bigger monster from her past has just awoken, and that the City of London is about to be devastated by the worst attack in it's long and prestigious history. It’s already too late.
If Sarah doesn’t end the killing now, it will end her. She has one chance to get her life back, but time is running out. This is her end play.
Iain Rob Wright completes the first trilogy of Sarah Stone books with the biggest threat yet, bringing death and mayhem from all sides.
All 3 books in the adrenaline fuelled Sarah Stone trilogy by bestselling author Iain Rob Wright, all included in one great value boxset with 30% off versus buying the books individually.
786 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 15, 2018
About the author
Iain Rob Wright
191 books1,892 followersWith over 50 novels written over 16 years, Iain Rob Wright is the well-respected British horror author with a reputation for reliably scaring his readers. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide, earned tens of thousands of reader reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, and are being translated into multiple languages.
He is currently best known for the Cursed Manuscripts shared horror universe, the apocalyptic Hell on Earth series, and many stand-alone chillers such as The Room Upstairs and Scrapbook.
J. A. Konrath, New York Times bestselling thriller author, claims, "Iain Rob Wright scares the hell out of me!"
Born and raised in England's West Midlands, Iain now lives in the beautiful, gothic County Durham with his family, 2 pugs, and a cat named Tigz. When he is not writing horror, he is reading horror, watching horror, or playing Stardew Valley.
WHERE TO START: If you have never read Iain Rob Wright before, try Witch - the first Cursed Manuscript and the entry point to the universe - or The Gates, the opener of the Hell on Earth saga. Both are available FREE with Kindle Unlimited.
For new releases, free stories, and the occasional confession of authorial despair, readers can find Iain through his author page on Amazon or by visiting his website (where you can download 6 of his books absolutely FREE).
Iain's work has been compared to Stephen King, Richard Laymon, and James Herbert - the three writers he credits with making him want to scare people for a living.
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October 8, 2018
Er, no. I picked this up based on the fact it was set in the U.K. and had what looked like a strong female lead.
Ex female military officer is recruited by a small U.K agency to snuff out trouble before it starts or to track down the bad guys. Sarah Stone is recruited at a time where the UK is under attack from its own citizens, and not the ones you would expect, these are very dull middle class types. As she gets to know her new colleagues, can they stop a major attack? In book two the plot gets even more ridiculous as her father is thrown into the mix and in book three the entire kitchen sink is thrown in with an obvious twist you will see coming, even if nobody else does.
These kind of fast moving action thrillers, need some basing in reality and a credible plot. The plots just get dafter and dafter through each book, and Sarah herself switches between stupid, superhero and self doubter on a whim.
It’s over the top, and daft. Shame because there was potential here.
Ex female military officer is recruited by a small U.K agency to snuff out trouble before it starts or to track down the bad guys. Sarah Stone is recruited at a time where the UK is under attack from its own citizens, and not the ones you would expect, these are very dull middle class types. As she gets to know her new colleagues, can they stop a major attack? In book two the plot gets even more ridiculous as her father is thrown into the mix and in book three the entire kitchen sink is thrown in with an obvious twist you will see coming, even if nobody else does.
These kind of fast moving action thrillers, need some basing in reality and a credible plot. The plots just get dafter and dafter through each book, and Sarah herself switches between stupid, superhero and self doubter on a whim.
It’s over the top, and daft. Shame because there was potential here.
January 30, 2020
I think that when this was advertised to me it said something like "If Jack Reacher had a Sister..." so I thought yep I'll give it a go..
On the positive side it was fast paced and had plenty of action, but the story line was so bizarre, and totally lacking in any credibility. More like something dreamed up in a teenagers bedroom, than the result of finely crafted research. The story-line does make it obvious that there will be more to come, problem is I expect it will be more of the same.
Not for me. Sorry, for me,Sarah Stone is no Jack Reacher and Iain Wright is no Lee Child...
On the positive side it was fast paced and had plenty of action, but the story line was so bizarre, and totally lacking in any credibility. More like something dreamed up in a teenagers bedroom, than the result of finely crafted research. The story-line does make it obvious that there will be more to come, problem is I expect it will be more of the same.
Not for me. Sorry, for me,Sarah Stone is no Jack Reacher and Iain Wright is no Lee Child...
June 2, 2021
Once you start reading this trilogy it is hard to put it down.
Sarah Stone is the character who everyone wishes that they could be.
She is a tough former soldier who ends up fighting for her life and that of her fellow agents against home grown terrorists as well as foreign ones.
The future that she wanted was torn away from her by the terrorists,what they did not account for was her love and duty to her country.
Sarah Stone is the character who everyone wishes that they could be.
She is a tough former soldier who ends up fighting for her life and that of her fellow agents against home grown terrorists as well as foreign ones.
The future that she wanted was torn away from her by the terrorists,what they did not account for was her love and duty to her country.
July 20, 2023
Action packed and addictive.
I’m so glad I got this as a box set so I didn’t have to wait for the next one to release. I devoured the whole set within a few days and found it really hard to put down. There’s lots of action scenes and gritty, dark emotion, but also love and friends who become family. I really enjoyed this set and wish there were more of them! Highly recommended.
I’m so glad I got this as a box set so I didn’t have to wait for the next one to release. I devoured the whole set within a few days and found it really hard to put down. There’s lots of action scenes and gritty, dark emotion, but also love and friends who become family. I really enjoyed this set and wish there were more of them! Highly recommended.
June 16, 2020
Enjoyable with a lot of suspense
I really enjoyed this book set. The character development was great and consistent. It led you to hypothesize and see if what you thought would come to fruition. Great action. Good momentum. It leads you want to know what happens next. I can't wait to find out.
I really enjoyed this book set. The character development was great and consistent. It led you to hypothesize and see if what you thought would come to fruition. Great action. Good momentum. It leads you want to know what happens next. I can't wait to find out.
November 3, 2018
A definite page turner
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this series of books’ so much so that it only took me 3 days to read the series. Just as you think you know what’s about to happen it takes another turn. Well worth a read.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this series of books’ so much so that it only took me 3 days to read the series. Just as you think you know what’s about to happen it takes another turn. Well worth a read.
December 3, 2018
A bit like the professionals meets spot the twrrorist
An entertaining read but sara h Stone is certainly no Gabriel Wolfe or Jack Reacher.
Nice to see a woman as the lead character for a change.
An entertaining read but sara h Stone is certainly no Gabriel Wolfe or Jack Reacher.
Nice to see a woman as the lead character for a change.
December 7, 2018
Excelent
I'm more used to reading his great horror novels. I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy a thriller. I wasn't disappointed. A great read with excellent characters and a good story.
I'm more used to reading his great horror novels. I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy a thriller. I wasn't disappointed. A great read with excellent characters and a good story.
May 12, 2019
Thoughtful thriller
A very interesting approach using a female military lead. Realistic characters who interact well. Storyline has p!entry of twists and turns. Would recommend you try it. Looking forward to further books.
A very interesting approach using a female military lead. Realistic characters who interact well. Storyline has p!entry of twists and turns. Would recommend you try it. Looking forward to further books.
January 3, 2020
A good read
Was a very good and fast paced action series which was great as a triology as I think you need to read all together. Sometimes a bit far fetched (nobody moves around that much with a huge wound). Great book for train journeys.
Was a very good and fast paced action series which was great as a triology as I think you need to read all together. Sometimes a bit far fetched (nobody moves around that much with a huge wound). Great book for train journeys.
July 19, 2021
Scars
Scars can be visible but many are hidden. Sarah’s are both there what shapes her into the person she is. She can be hard or soft, but the hardness wins. Enjoyed the whole story. You can not always tell who is on your side.
Scars can be visible but many are hidden. Sarah’s are both there what shapes her into the person she is. She can be hard or soft, but the hardness wins. Enjoyed the whole story. You can not always tell who is on your side.
October 26, 2018
Fast moving, grabbed my attention.
I enjoyed the Sarah Stone Trilogy. Can't wait for a follow up after the twist on the final pages og book 3. Get moving, I'm awaiting!!!
I enjoyed the Sarah Stone Trilogy. Can't wait for a follow up after the twist on the final pages og book 3. Get moving, I'm awaiting!!!
October 27, 2018
Sarah
Iain Rob Wright the Sarah Stone trilogy was a brilliant read edge of seat could not out down read hope there is more to follow
Iain Rob Wright the Sarah Stone trilogy was a brilliant read edge of seat could not out down read hope there is more to follow
December 31, 2018
Brilliant
An excellent read. Makes a change to have a female as the hero. Hopefully there will be more of Sarah Stone in the future
An excellent read. Makes a change to have a female as the hero. Hopefully there will be more of Sarah Stone in the future
January 13, 2019
I only download a sample, it didn’t grab me at all.
April 12, 2019
Terror in the U.K.
Very good story line about terrorists and the battle to find them. The heroes are real people with real problems that they overcome to do their jobs
Very good story line about terrorists and the battle to find them. The heroes are real people with real problems that they overcome to do their jobs
April 19, 2019
Couldn’t put it down
Riveting and quick paced. Sarah the heroine has more lives than a black cat. What a girl! Can’t wait for the next book.
Riveting and quick paced. Sarah the heroine has more lives than a black cat. What a girl! Can’t wait for the next book.
May 16, 2019
Fabulous Trilogy
Thoroughly enjoyed reading these books, suspense from start to finish, hopefully there’ll be more in this series. An unexpected twist at the end!
Thoroughly enjoyed reading these books, suspense from start to finish, hopefully there’ll be more in this series. An unexpected twist at the end!
July 5, 2019
Good book and story was believable ,..........,first book I have read by this author will look forward to the sequel
January 14, 2020
Ok story
We'll what can I say I enjoyed it at first but it was so farfetched.That it spoilt it I no it's fiction
We'll what can I say I enjoyed it at first but it was so farfetched.That it spoilt it I no it's fiction
September 9, 2020
Great storyline
Fast moving, keeps your interest. Sarah was a great character, so many twists and turns you had to keep reading. Excellent books, must read.
Fast moving, keeps your interest. Sarah was a great character, so many twists and turns you had to keep reading. Excellent books, must read.
April 6, 2021
I was a little apprehensive when I started reading the trilogy but I can say now I hope for more books.
July 8, 2021
Didn't get very far found Sarah very rude with people and seeing as she failed her team while in the military and again in her new mission didn't appeal to me at all
September 17, 2021
Great read
Enjoy your book happy to see a Woman in the leading role. Will Definitely look for more books by you keep up the good work.
Enjoy your book happy to see a Woman in the leading role. Will Definitely look for more books by you keep up the good work.
October 2, 2021
Great series
Excellent series well written I could not leave at one book so kept on going, each book made me look for a ending that told me she had a future
Excellent series well written I could not leave at one book so kept on going, each book made me look for a ending that told me she had a future
October 30, 2021
Truly excellent read.
I really enjoyed these books. A truly excellent read, very hard to put down at times. Going to be hard to follow.
I really enjoyed these books. A truly excellent read, very hard to put down at times. Going to be hard to follow.
February 18, 2022
Damn, it Ended
These four books are a great rollicking ride! Enjoyed each one and I loved that the protagonist was a hard case to the end, but, damn the ride came to an end.
These four books are a great rollicking ride! Enjoyed each one and I loved that the protagonist was a hard case to the end, but, damn the ride came to an end.
November 16, 2024
Loved the whole series.
But one thing I noticed. When Mattock got shot, Sarah had to take his Kevlar vest off to find the bullet wound. His Kevlar vest didn't protect him?
But one thing I noticed. When Mattock got shot, Sarah had to take his Kevlar vest off to find the bullet wound. His Kevlar vest didn't protect him?
November 26, 2024
So good
I started this over the weekend and couldn't put it down I go so invested in the story line. The ending was brilliant.
I started this over the weekend and couldn't put it down I go so invested in the story line. The ending was brilliant.
December 8, 2021
Loved it, and book 4 (Terminal) rounded the series off nicely!
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