Sometimes just just need a quick thriller to read and I found this one on my bookshelves. I have no idea how it got there but I hadn't read it before so decided to give it a go.
The Accident Man is the first novel of the Samuel Carver series by English thriller writer, Tom Cain, released on 2 July 2007 through Bantam Press. Here's the premise:
Carver is a good guy who makes bad things happen to bad people. Drug-baron's helicopter develops mechanical failure mid-flight: Samuel Carver. Terrorist blown-up in his own bomb factory: Samuel Carver. Ex-SAS, now freelance mercenary he is the frontline weapon of the 'Consortium', a black-ops British government outfit, or is it?
Carver is called to do a hit at very short notice. Do this job for us and be paid very well. Refuse and you better run and hide. He believes the target to be a high-ranking Pakistani terrorist. The job is to organise a car crash in a Paris underpass.
But Carver is being set up. When he discovers the real identity of his target, and more importantly the identity of the target's female companion, he knows one thing - his life is over. This is a secret too big to let him live, unless he can track down the real villains before they get to him.
Combining the plotting of Robert Ludlum, with the pace and tension of Frederick Forsyth, Tom Cain is a major new thriller writer and The Accident Man is a classic in the making and launches Samuel Carver straight into the top rank of action heroes.
This book is a thriller in every sense of the word and its hard to put down once you make a start. I won't spoil the book by gving the names of the famous people he assasinates. Chapters are short and the actin is non stop. Definitely a great read and one that puts a plausible scenario behind an event that rochocheted around the world.
The books in the Samuel Carver Series are
I think I need to read more!
