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The Contract Man

Alex King, Book 1

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The Contract Man

By: A P Bateman
Narrated by: Joe Mills
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When an MI6 agent is found to be keeping records of his missions to protect himself from betrayal he unwittingly makes himself a priority target. But how do you silence the most dangerous man imaginable? Send him into hell on earth....

While Alex King is sent into Northern Iraq to tidy the loose ends of a botched mission, the archipelago of Indonesia is under communist threat from within its own military. A consortium of worried businessmen call for desperate measures and seek the services of an assassin. But what if MI6 could be duped into taking care of their problems for them? With secret links to China the communist contingent threatens Britain's trade initiatives with the largest mineral producing country on the planet.

In the dark world of intelligence it seems that everybody has their price.

©2016 Anthony P Bateman (P)2019 Anthony P Bateman Genre Fiction Military Modern Detectives Mystery Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction Exciting Espionage War
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was really excited about this and starts off like a cracker then it meanders all over the place, Over emphasis on description a whole paragraph to describe a piece of steak and 2 veg 2 paragraphs for every bullet fired its cut and past from guns and ammo if a lot of the padding had been removed it could have been a five star job

dissapointing

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A really good story if not an original genre.
Badly let down by the performer who narrated in an annoying porn star growl and did not appear to follow the punctuation. He lacked familiarity with technical details and so mis- pronounced many weapon details etc.
I will try the next in the series as the story was good if rather non p.c.

Good story Awful Performance

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the story is OK pretty enjoyable but the sound quality of the recording is terrible

it's average

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I really enjoyed listening to this book. The narration was extremely good with very believable foreign accents. The voice given to Alex King was perfect for his character.

My only slight criticism is the lack of research given to the flying scenes. As a pilot, I found the errors excruciating (helicopters, for instance, do not have yolks).

All in all I highly recommend this book for an exciting, easy listen.

Great narration and entertaining story

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This sort of genre requires some knowledge of the subject matter. Silly technical inaccuracies spoilt what was a good storyline.

Good story let down by technical accuracy

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