Red Mist: Fast Paced Espionage Thriller

by Simon Rosser

The new cold war is heating up…London lawyer, Jack West has a great job, is married with a beautiful daughter; but his personal life isn’t great, and it’s about to get a whole lot worse…Mysterious Encounter...When Jack meets a beautiful and seductive stranger, Amber, in his local bar over lunch he resists temptation, that is until two sinister-looking men enter the bar and she insists he walk her home. Jack accompanies Amber back to her apartment, but one thing soon leads to another and he finds himself slipping out of control. A sudden pounding on the apartment door brings him back to his senses. Amber goes to answer the door, but five seconds later she has been shot and is dying in Jack’s arms, assassinated by the men from the bar, who are now trying to enter her apartment. Amber’s last words to Jack are; “Run…Take my bag…and run!”A chase across London...With only seconds to think, Jack grabs Amber’s bag and flees for the fire escape, dodging a hail of bullets in the process. He runs for his life as he is chased across London by the crazed assassins, but who are they and what do they want? With only the contents of Amber’s handbag in his possession, Jack sets about trying to piece together the puzzle, but what he discovers only adds to the mystery. Whilst trying to keep the entire incident secret from his wife, he calls a contact from Amber’s diary, her Moroccan friend Laila, and arranges to meet her. It soon becomes evident that the men hunting Jack are Russian assassins. But what are they really after? And can Jack solve the unfolding mystery before his family find out and he’s implicated in Amber’s murder?A Russian Conspiracy...?As things go from bad to worse for Jack and Laila, the only clue they have leads them over to Casablanca, Morocco, but what they discover there only deepens the conspiracy surrounding Amber’s death and her connection with the Russian assassins. With the Russian President flying over to the UK for a prisoner swap, and an international crisis brewing, Jack and Laila return to the UK to try and solve the mystery, but find themselves in a race against time to prevent total global disaster.RED MIST is a gripping, unputdownable, edge-of-your-seat, thriller with terrorism elements that will keep you turning the pages until the very end. If you enjoy espionage and spy thrillers and the action and adventure of a Mark Dawson, John Milton thriller, James Bond or Robert Ludlum's, Jason Bourne then you will love this fast paced mystery thriller.

Genres: Thriller, Espionage

239 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 6, 2017

About the author

Author of the Robert Spire Eco- Sci-Fi Thriller Action Adventure series -
CliFi thriller TIPPING POINT, SciFi action-technothriller, IMPACT POINT, mystery thriller MELT ZONE and CATACLYSM of the ANCIENTS, Mystery Thriller CRYPTO, UFO Thrillers, The GALILEO PROJECT / COUNTDOWN / DISCLOSURE and Spire 7, THE VANISHED.

Also sci-fi alien invasion thrillers VAPORISED I and II

Espionage thriller RED MIST

SciFi thrillers SALIENT and SALIENT 2

Coming Soon - FUTURE WARS - Time travel adventure thriller will be coming out in the Fall 2025 - pre-order on Amazon now!

Reviews

[Norma · Rating 4 out of 5]

( Format : audiobook )
"So, Jack, are you married?."
Jack West is a partner in a small law firm,'East West Law's. Since the birth of his child several years before, his marital problems have been increasing. So when he is approached by a gorgeous woman named Amber, he finds himself returning with her to an hotel room - and his troubles really start there. Troubles far more life threatening than the possibility of his home life disruption.

This is a fast paced thriller based in and around London as Jack tries to survive whilst trying simultaneously to find out by whom, and why, his life is being threatened. It is a good, almost classical (think The Twenty Nine Steps) action mystery, told in shortish, sentences written in the present tense which give it both an urgency and a feel of news reported immediacy. Quite well presented, there are some descriptive passages spoilt by over repitition of key words, such as wall, vine, gaps etc. The narration by David Loving follows the text urgency with a brisk reading, again emphasising the near news-like quality of the story, maintaing the almost deadpan, unemotional writing despite the man protagonist's fears and confusions. His voicings of the characters is differentiated and clear. The combination of story and reading give this book a distinctively visual, film like quality, different from many action adventure stories.

I was fortunate in being gifted a complementary copy of Red Mist, at my request, by the rights holder, via Audiobook Boom. Thank you - I enjoyed it immensely. I did find it slightly strange that, given the book was set in England with the main protagonist himself living in the English countryside, the narrator was not English. Having said that, however, Mr.Loving's performance fitted well. The ending, too, was nicely done and not trite in the expected way.
A nice mystery spy action thriller for anyone who enjoys books in this genre.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a story of espionage and spies. It has a picture of Big Ben on the cover, so I was expecting a British narrator or someone who sounded more worldly and sophisticated. That's why it was really distracting to have the book narrated by what sounded like an older, Southern gentleman from a deeply red state who should be out hunting. Being from Virginia myself, I do understand that gut assumption is probably totally wrong. The narrator did a perfectly decent job in that there were no mispronunciations and the pacing was decent. It was just such a disconnect. The fit is all wrong. It made getting into this book very difficult. It may also have made some of the writing and plot issues more apparent because I never felt immersed in this book.

I received a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left my honest review. The free copy did not influence my review in any way.

[Matt · Rating 1 out of 5]

At first the story had a nice fast start and pace, which is what I wanted to read, but after a few chapters there were characters spilling in from all sides with little to no background, leaving me a bit confused as to who was who. Unrealistic character interaction, very poor editing and proof reading have made this book a very frustrating and disappointing read. A very rushed and amateur book.
For those of you wanting some very quick, very easy reading with no thinking involved, this is the book for you.

[Bruce McNair · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started with a promise, but in my opinion failed to deliver for a number of reasons. I thought the idea was a good one, and the story does have some of the elements of a thriller, including pace, but, in my opinion, is bogged down with typos, grammatical errors, excess verbiage, and problematic plot points. And the addition of erotic sex scenes does not help when those basic issues are still there. I gave the story 3 stars out of 5.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a reasonably well written story, like the ideas & characters but it needed better proof reading as names are swapped around & a few spelling issues! Shame really! Otherwise it would of been good!

[Hw Huyler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story, well written except for off color language

I would have given this a 5 but stories, fiction and other should help maintain and advance proper language. Each author should find words better to fit sexual situations, rather than fuck, cock, dick, and pussy.

[Jim Hiller · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ironic subtitle because it was so slow I couldn’t finish it. Way, way too many good books in this genre to be dragging through something like this.

[Anne Laszlok · Rating 1 out of 5]

I received the wrong book.

This was a story of 4 kids camping in the woods. Then attacked by apparently big foot.
Where is the Thriller Espionage book?