I'm very excited to be part of the blog tour today for The Final Trail by AA Abbott. I have an extract to share with you today and if you like the sound of that, you can click here to order your copy. Author and tour group social links are below.
First, here's what it's all about...
Family feuds just got bloodier… A gripping thriller, and a great story of death, revenge and vodka.
To save glamorous Kat White’s life, Ben Halloran killed his gangster father. Now his brother wants to even the score.
The gripping Trail series of British crime thrillers reaches its dramatic conclusion in this compelling page-turner.
And here's that extract for you...
Kat and Erik’s father died at the
hands of a firing squad in their homeland, Bazakistan. They’ve built new lives
for themselves in England, estranged from their mother, Marina. She’d admitted
responsibility for their father’s death and had swiftly remarried for money. Now
word arrives that Marina has been arrested in Bazakistan after trying to
assassinate the ageing President.
“You did what? You’re insane.” Kat
couldn’t believe it.
“I fly out tomorrow,” Erik said.
“Don’t get involved. She doesn’t deserve
it.”
“Blood is thicker than water, Kat.”
“She doesn’t think so, does she, or else
why betray our father?” Kat stared at her phone, wishing Erik was standing in
front of her. She would grab his shoulders and shake sense into him.
“She’s a patriot,” Erik said. “She loved
her country – our country – more than her husband.”
“And her children.”
“Exactly. She gave up everything for
Bazakistan. In that, our mother has been consistent. So whatever she’s done
now, it must have been at the behest of the state.”
“How could it have been? Take a reality
check.” Kat didn’t bother hiding her frustration. For all his fine intellect,
her brother was being extraordinarily dense. He still thought fondly of their
mother, while she couldn’t bear to utter the word. “Marina Aliyeva tried to
kill the President. The state wouldn’t have commanded her to execute its ruler.
I don’t know why she did it, and I don’t care. As far as I’m concerned, she
attacked the Old Man fifteen years too late. If she’d had any love for our
father, she’d have done the deed decades ago – and done it properly.”
“Either she didn’t do it, or she was
following orders,” Erik said. “It’s completely out of character otherwise.
Don’t you see, Kat? She’s innocent of wrongdoing.”
“Just this once?” Kat’s laughter was
hollow. “I don’t buy it. Anyway, thanks to her, our father’s dead. Want to bet
he’s her sole victim? My guess is not. All you know is that she isn’t Mrs Popular
in Bazakistan right now. You understand that means we’re not Master Popular and
Miss Popular ourselves? You’ll be putting your life at risk. Remember what
happened when I went back to Bazakistan? You told me not to go, and you were
right. I was kidnapped.”
“In other circumstances, I wouldn’t return,
but she needs me.”
He was being uncharacteristically stubborn.
Erik was usually inclined to compromise. It explained how he worked amicably
with Marty, while Kat found herself exasperated at the businessman’s
controlling attitude. Used to twisting her older brother around her little
finger, she was reaching the end of her patience.
“What does Amy say?” Desperately, Kat
wondered if Amy could change Erik’s mind. She’d have to work on her first, of
course. Obviously, Erik’s girlfriend must have given her blessing to this
ill-advised trip; he surely wouldn’t have booked a ticket otherwise.
“It’s got nothing to do with Amy,” Erik
said.
Her beloved brother had closed every avenue
except the road to Bazakistan, and certain danger.
Copyright © 2019 A.A. Abbott
A
compelling psychological thriller, “The Final Trail”
is the last book in a saga of vodka makers and villains. Find out more
about the Trail series of psychological
thrillers here, and about “The Final Trail”
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All five crime thrillers are available in ebook, paperback and LARGE PRINT, which
is also super-easy for dyslexic readers to enjoy.
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Thanks so much to AA Abbott for stopping by and sharing with us today.
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