The Second Shot

by C.R. Lloyd

The Second Shot is The Day of the Jackal for the Facebook generation. It’s a fast-paced thriller that powerfully conveys the sense of paranoia that pervades modern Italy. Pietro Fabbri has dedicated his life to political activism with no effect, now hitting middle age, he’s reached breaking point. One drunken night, a friend, tired of hearing the same old political rants, challenges him to he lays down €65 on the bar and tells him to go buy a gun and shoot the president himself. What starts as a joke evolves into a plan; a plan to assassinate the president by crowdfunding a hitman’s contract. Pietro has six months to achieve his goal, six months in which he will put friends and family in danger, will come into contact with the criminal underworld of Russia, France and Italy and will have to be on the top of his game to stay one step ahead of the police. If he succeeds, he will change Italy forever. ‘The Second Shot is a debut novel that reads like an old pro pounded it out on a good old fashioned Remington portable typewriter. Two fingered style. The prose of this international thriller is pulse pounding, the story both romantic and relentless. I'm hoping Rebecca Lloyd keeps writing novels that are as good as this one.’ Vincent Zandri.

326 pages, Paperback

Published April 7, 2017