The first in an exhilarating new series by Stephen Leather thrillers mixed with the occult . . .
'You're going to hell, Jack Nightingale': They are words that ended his career as a police negotiator. Now Jack's a struggling private detective and the chilling words come back to haunt him.
Nightingale's life is turned upside down the day that he inherits a mansion with a priceless library; it comes from a man who claims to be his father, and it comes with a warning. That Nightingale's soul was sold at birth and a devil will come to claim it on his thirty-third birthday just three weeks away.
Jack doesn't believe in Hell, probably doesn't believe in Heaven either. But when people close to him start to die horribly, he is led to the inescapable conclusion that real evil may be at work. And that if he doesn't find a way out he'll be damned in hell for eternity.
About the Author
Stephen Leather is one of the UK`s most successful thriller writers. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London`s Burning, The Knock and the BBC`s Murder in Mind series and two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were filmed for TV. You can find out more from his website, http://www.stephenleather.com.
Previous Books:
The Double Tap, The Chinaman, Long Shot, The Solitary Man, The Birthday Girl, The Fireman, Pay Off, Hungry Ghost, The Tunnel Rats, The Bombmaker, The Long Shot, The Stretch, Tango One, The Eyewitness, Hard Landing, Soft Target, Cold Kill, The Vets, Hot Blood, Dead Men, Live Fire, Rough Justice, Fair Game, Nightfall, Midnight.
Other titles by Stephen Leather