A Shared Danger
"Rules? They left those behind a long time ago."
The mission was supposed to be straightforward. It never is.
Deep inside Iran, a covert delivery ends in disaster: an airstrike, a destroyed vehicle, a cover blown beyond salvage. An IRGC colonel now believes Tom Kessler and Martina Johnson are responsible. He has the authority, the resources, and the motive to make sure they don't leave the country alive.
They have one option.
They run.
Hunted from the air and the ground, moving through remote villages and tightening cordons, every mile south narrows the margin. Every decision closes off another exit. And somewhere in the wreckage of the operation is a teenage girl neither of them was supposed to save, and neither of them can leave behind.
Getting out was always going to be hard.
Getting out with her changes everything.
From the mountains of eastern Iran to the port of Bandar Abbas, A Shared Danger is a relentless, ground-level thriller about survival, loyalty, and what two people will still risk when there is nothing left to lose: for each other, and for a girl the mission never accounted for.
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Peter J Charles
I write British crime and intelligence fiction with a procedural edge. The detail comes from having lived the work rather than researched it.
Before writing came service in the Royal Air Force, then nine years as a detective on the Surrey Drug Squad: surveillance both conventional and electronic, criminal intelligence, informant handling and undercover operations. The characters are complex and the operations are grounded, because I've done the work. The tension is never for show.
The Tom Kessler series now runs to five novels, beginning with A Detective's Dilemma, which introduces Detective Constable Tom Kessler on a Surrey drug squad. The series moves from street-level policing into intelligence and geopolitical territory, and a sixth book is in progress. The first four titles are published in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian and German.
British thrillers for readers of Stephen Leather and Neil Lancaster.
Whether it's the patience of a long surveillance shift or the urgency of a high-stakes bust, I aim to capture the nuance of the work and the lives behind it.
When I'm not writing, you'll find me walking the countryside, fly fishing, or watching rugby with a pint in my hand. It's a slower pace than the one I used to live, but the stories haven't stopped.
The Tom Kessler Thrillers
The Tom Kessler Thrillers consists of five books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
