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Following the case he believed would be his last, Adam Park is simply a guy trying to get home. But the vicious criminal who shaped Adam's life for the past couple of years demands a final assignment: solve the case of a serial arsonist, and Adam is free of any obligation.Meeting with the original investigator of a hotel blaze that killed the son of a US mobster, Adam learns it is a fire she has always wanted to look deeper into. And his presence gives her that chance.As new avenues indicate a serial vigilante firebug, Adam is propelled into a world of former-IRA smugglers and Russian mafia, punctuated by manipulative federal agents. It is a world he must learn to navigate swiftly if he is to survive.This gripping, all new Adam Park thriller sees the troubled private detective face organised crime families, a serial killer driven by vengeance and fury, and an FBI agent who will not compromise with any of them.If you love tough detectives, serial killer thrillers, and flawed characters trying their best to do the right thing, pick up Master the Flame today.___________________________________________Adam Park series does not need to be read in sequence but readers will find it more rewarding in this order:1 The Dead and the Missing2 A Desperate Paradise3 The Shadows of Empty Men4 Night at the George Washington Diner (novella)5 Master the Flame6 Under the Long White Cloud

A dead aid worker. An island rife with secrets. A detective driven to solve it all.With a damaging, violent case behind him, Adam Park is happy tending to his late mother’s canal barge, catching up on his reading, and hoping his increased training is never required. Unfortunately, he owes favors, and when an aid worker is murdered on the Greek island of Paramatra, one such favor is called in.Kai Pace’s parents believe the investigation into their son’s death is deeply flawed, and Adam is tasked with reviewing the police’s conclusions and - if found wanting - identifying the real killer.With the island struggling to cope with an influx of refugees, Adam must battle corruption and ruthless smuggling gangs, all amid people so desperate they will do anything to reach the paradise of the west.Plunging a private detective from the heart of Greece into northern Africa, fear and violence will take their toll upon him, and challenge the very nature of his soul. If he cannot stay the course and dig out the truth, a murderer will go free, and Adam will fall prey to the same evil.For a fast-paced thriller with plenty of action, pick up your copy of A Desperate Paradise today.___________________________________________A Desperate Paradise is a sequel to the first Adam Park thriller, The Dead and the Missing. While Adam’s personal journey continues throughout this private detective series, each novel is its own self-contained story, but many find it more rewarding to read in sequential order:1. The Dead and the Missing2. A Desperate Paradise3. The Shadows of Empty Men4. Night at the George Washington Diner (novella) 5. Master the Flame6. Under the Long White Cloud

A dead campaigner. Two grieving families. A detective partnership who cannot quit. After a turbulent couple of years, private investigator Adam Park may have finally discovered a place to settle down: New Zealand, the Land of the Long White Cloud. A big part of his choice to quit traveling is his new partner: long-time friend Jess, who helps tame the dark impulses that have driven him in the past.But a client dies just days after engaging the pair, and both are curious. When it starts to look a lot like suicide, the client's estranged widow begs them to delve deeper into the man's past - a past filled with desperate actions, fake identities, and paranoia.Latching on to the dead man's activities in the small mountain town of Shelly Hill, Adam and Jess start to ask the same questions their client did: why is the subsidiary of an international corporation buying up land so quickly? Why are executives working closely with a brutal drugs gang? And how far will they go to protect their interests?Under the Long White Cloud takes a man trying to change and puts his resolve to the test, pushing him to the very limits of his willpower, both emotionally and physically.For a fast paced international thriller in the beautiful setting of New Zealand, pick up the sixth Adam Park novel today.____________________________________________________________The full Adam Park private investigator series:1. The Dead and the Missing2. A Desperate Paradise3. The Shadows of Empty Men4. Night at the George Washington Diner (novella)5. Master the Flame6. Under the Long White Cloud

A PI a long way from home. A diner a long way from anywhere. A biker gang out for revenge.Traveling through Croatia in his classic VW Campervan, troubled private detective Adam Park is ready to end his sabbatical and return home. But when he stops off at a kitch American-themed diner for some bad coffee and a good burger, the last thing he expects is to intervene in an aggressive domestic incident. And once he sees off the abusive boyfriend, he could not have predicted the guy would return. With friends.Violent friends.If he and the other innocents in this isolated place are to survive the standoff until morning, the dark corners of Adam's psyche that he thought tamed must be unleashed once more, forcing him to confront the notion that he may not be a million miles from the people he detests … and to question if he should be returning to a normal life after all.Night at the George Washington Diner is an action-packed novella, about a third the length of a regular Adam Park thriller, which serves as a bridge between the two longer novels The Shadows of Empty Men and Master the Flame.____________________________________Adam Park novels are international mystery & crime thrillers that stand alone as one-off adventures, or can be read as a series charting one man's evolution from a simple investigator to a true hard-boiled detective.This is the reading order so far:1 The Dead and the Missing2 A Desperate Paradise3 The Shadows of Empty Men4 Night at the George Washington Diner5 Master the Flame6 Under the Long White Cloud