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Sleepers

John Milton, Book 13

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When a Russian defector is assassinated in a sleepy English seaside town, Group Fifteen agents John Milton and Michael Pope find themselves in a rush to uncover the culprits and bring them to justice.

Their investigation leads them to Moscow and a confrontation with Directorate S, the agency responsible for seeding Russian sleeper agents around the world. When lies and double crossing mean that no-one is what they seem, the two agents - alone and without backup - struggle to achieve their goals under the most dangerous of circumstances.

Set one week before the opening of The Cleaner, this compulsive thriller turns back the clock to Milton as a barely functioning alcoholic, still tormented by the ghosts of the men and women he has killed in the service of his country. Milton must fight his own demons as well as the Russian assassin sent to eliminate him. Will he be able to complete his mission and escape with his life?

©2018 Mark Dawson (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Action & Adventure Espionage Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Russia Assassin Suspense
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An excellent tale with John Milton, set before ‘the cleaner’. A fascinating insight into the possible background stories behind recent news headlines. Brilliant plot and characters- with David’s extensive ‘voice cast’ to bring it to life. I was gutted when it ended.

Compulsive listening

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A very relevant book, which quickly became a gripping listen.

Unusually in this series this book is set out of sequence and as such I was worried that knowing details from ‘the future’ would temper my enjoyment, but I’m pleased to say that it didn’t.

Enjoyable and topical

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Timelines seem confused in this one, but a damned good read nonetheless. More of the same please.

Umexpected

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as I'd prefer that any story just continued. However as I like this Mark Dawson series, the John Milton character and David Thorpe's excellent narration I found it easy to bury my prejudices and just enjoy !

Not too keen on prequels

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This instalment sees John at a time before he left the Elite ‘Group Fifteen’ who work for the Government. It also comes before the start of book one in the series.

We see john on a mission and with his team. The team come together when a Russian defector is assassinated in the U.K. in a seaside town.

The team are investigating and they end up in Russia. That in itself is something but Milton wants out of the Agency and he feels the demons inside him building up as he has spent so long killing. In order to counteract this his drinking is almost out of control and he is not as sharp. No one ever leaves the agency and he needs to up his game as he is The Agency’s top man.

Will he be able to get his act together or will his drinking get on top of him. He needs to sharpen up as there are double crossers and more to deal with

As much as I liked this instalment, I enjoy Milton working on his own and putting things in place to help others, quite often getting into tricky situations and I enjoy the tension of how he will ever get out of his many tight spots.

*A Step back in Time*

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