Cold Justice: The Sunday Times bestselling thriller (Mallory)

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The plot follows Mallory, who used to be in the services but withdrew after an incident on duty which put his mate in hospital in a coma. In this book, the main character is Mallory, his best friend Donno, is in hospital in a Coma, after they were in the special forces together and Mallory made a mistake, meaning Donno ended up this way. It's a truly globetrotting thriller as Mallory traverses the globe trying to complete his mission and it becomes even more enthralling and absorbing as it progresses with the tension being ratcheted up to extreme levels towards the end; it leaves you feeling breathless, and before you know it another similarly nail-biting moment swiftly arrives. Scott has got himself involved in something he shouldn't and Mallory has to uncover the facts and find him.

This novel caught my eye for two reasons; it is his first attempt at fiction and part of the novel is set in South Africa. What I liked the most about this book was that this was not the typical thriller where some tragedy the hero could do nothing to avoid happened and that is used as a reason for him be some masculine fantasy of what a "real man" is supposed to be. This operational choice not only went wrong, but it ended up costing many of the soldiers under his command their lives, and Mallory is haunted by that fact every day. Cold Justice" is an extremely unsettling and exciting book not because of what happens in it but because of who the author is. I ended up thoroughly enjoying this book as Mallory takes up the request from his badly injured Special Forces colleague's mother to find out what has happened to her other son.

Cold Justice is Ant Middleton’s debut fiction novel which features a former special forces operator by the name of Mallory who is flooded by his own self guilt. Mallory can hardly refuse to help find the missing son; especially since he needs redemption in respect of the condition of her other son. Struggling with flashbacks and guilt, Mallory seems to have a very strong internal self destruct button which he likes to push.

He is flawed, probably suffering ptsd, as well as feeling responsibility for his friend Donno's continuing condition. It is a game of cat and mouse, a chase to make the links between a code Donno and Scott's sadly now dead father hid and the unscrupulous people who want to use that code for their own gain.

Six months ago when the hero of the story Mallory and his team are making plans to enter a compound where they have information that Anwar Salim an enemy commander will be holding a meeting with Omar Massoud one of his top men. Perhaps it’s redemption, perhaps he’s looking for revenge on the world, but suddenly Mallory has a purpose, and nothing and no one is going to stand in his way. Over the course of his career he has served in the Special Boat Service, the Royal Marines and 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, achieving what is known as the 'Holy Trinity' of the UK's Elite Forces. We finish this book without knowing Mallory's first name and I don't know if I think that is awesome or the ultimate drama queen move. This is a compulsive, exciting and action-packed international action-adventure thriller with never a dull moment and a riveting, superbly woven plot that is all about vengeance and redemption.