The Lightning Rod
About this ebook
When gunshots ring out on a respectable Sydney street, Anna Moore finds herself sharing an Uber with a dead man. To make matters worse, the dead man was part of the feared Mendoza drug cartel, and now Anna's the only one who knows his whispered last words.
Ruthless undercover cop, Charlie Hall, sees a perfect opportunity when she interviews Anna. Charlie has a secret agenda, and Anna might just be the perfect pawn for her to use to bring down Mendoza's operation.
Meanwhile, the Uber driver, Bassam, still has the dead man's bags in his trunk. He should tell the cops. But what harm will it do to take a look first?
The cops want results. The drug cartel wants no loose ends.
As Anna, Bassam and Charlie descend into the murky depths of the criminal underworld they'll have to trust each other to outwit Mendoza. But when pressure mounts and morality blurs, the three will face a desperate fight that only two of them will survive...
THE LIGHTNING ROD is a gripping crime thriller set in Sydney and the Philippines. A tightly woven story with razor-sharp dialogue and flawed characters you can root for, this is a smart page-turner that will hook you until the last line.
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"Gillmore made his characters come alive and kept the pace swift… With plot twists happening at lightning speed, there is little time for anything but to keep turning the pages of The Lightning Rod" - READERS' FAVORITE ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Gillmore takes the plot to surprising places... suspense fans will get their money’s worth." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Crime readers will be entertained by this fast-paced thriller with well-rounded and intriguing characters. Gillmore sets his scenes up well and demonstrates a sure hand for depicting the world of crime and the police working to stop it. Between his even pacing and twisting plot, it’s obvious that Gillmore has done his homework. This story’s characters, particularly Anna, will stick with readers long after the last page." - BOOKLIFE
For fans of riveting crime thrillers and hard-boiled Australian crime fiction - THE LIGHTNING ROD is perfect for fans of Garry Disher, Alan Carter, Chris Hammer, Dave Warner, Jane Harper, Harlan Coben and Peter Temple.
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About the author
Ged Gillmore completed degrees in languages and literature at the University of London before he made the leap to Sydney.
These days he spends his time between Australia, Ireland and the UK. When he's not falling off his surfboard at Bondi or dabbling with a day job which pays the bills he sits at his laptop and bashes out fiction. In October 2017, Ged released HEADLAND, the first book in the 'Bill Murdoch Mystery' series. HEADLAND follows the hard-boiled adventures of Bill Murdoch, an English bad boy struggling to adapt to a new life in Australia, who finds himself thrust into the role of the world's most reluctant private investigator. The sequel, CLASS ACT, launched in January 2018, and the third book in the series, BASE NATURE, was released in March 2018. CLASS ACT was nominated for a Ned Kelly Award (Australia's oldest and most prestigious crime fiction prize).
In 2022 Ged releases his first international standalone thriller, 'The Lightning Rod'.
