Tom Wood

His name is a cover He has no home And he kills for a living Victor is an assassin, a man with no past and no surname. His world is one of paranoia and obsessive attention to detail; his morality lies either dead or dying. No one knows what truly motivates the hunter. No one gets close enough to ask. When a Paris job goes spectacularly wrong, Victor finds himself running for his life across four continents, pursued by a kill squad and investigated by secret services from more than one country. With meticulous style, Victor plans his escape . . . and takes the fight to his would-be killers. In this first novel in the explosive Victor the Assassin series, it's not about right and wrong - only about who lives and who dies.

The Hunter

AUTHOR OF THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB BESTSELLER BETTER OFF DEAD 'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X From bestselling author Tom Wood comes a unique and gasp-inducing Victor thriller that turns all your expectations on their head . . . Agent Antonio Alvarez has been tracking a dangerous murderer for years, a nameless hitman responsible for numerous homicides. The Agency deflected him away from his search, but he didn't give up, piecing together clues and hearsay. Now a promotion has allowed him to pursue this man with a hand-picked team and bring him to justice. Only problem is, the murderer has vanished. Thousands of miles away, the assassin known as Victor has stopped working - recently he began to care; he made mistakes. Now he has a choice: whether to give up the life or return to being a cold-hearted weapon. But there's another killer who needs his help - and she might be harder to refuse . . . All while the good guys are closing in on him.

The Final Hour

Professional assassin Victor is tasked by British intelligence with eliminating Milan Rados, a former Serbian paramilitary commander wanted for war crimes who is now the leader of an organized criminal network in Belgrade.

A Time to Die

Game

Victor, a hitman without a conscience protects a human rights lawyer in Better Off Dead, he bestselling BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club pick. A hitman must be anonymous, amoral... and alone Victor is the face in the crowd you don't see, a perfect assassin with nothing to live for. But when an old friend turns to him for help, he finds he can't refuse. For once his objective isn't to kill, but to protect. Hunted through the streets of London by ruthless enemies, Victor needs to be more than just a bodyguard... but his every move leads danger closer to the very person he's vowed to defend. Published in the US as No Tomorrow.

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Better Off Dead

'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X For years, two sisters have vied for the turf of their dead crime boss father. Across the streets of Guatemala City, bodies have piled up; the US Drug Enforcement Agency, operating far from its own borders, is powerless to stop the fighting. But now one sister has a weapon that could finally win the war - a cold, amoral hitman known, fittingly, as 'Victor'. Freed from previous employers the CIA and MI6, Victor is a killer for-hire whose sense of self-preservation trumps all else. Yet as betrayal and counter-betrayal unspool in the vicious family feud, Victor finds himself at the centre of a storm even he could be powerless to stop. Acclaimed bestseller Tom Wood blows the completion away with his twisting, relentless new thriller, perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X, The Nowhere Man), James Swallow (Nomad, Exile) and Terry Hayes (I Am Pilgrim, Day of the Locust). 'Great, page-turning, with a hard edge' James Swallow, author of Nomad 'Great insights into the tradecraft and psychology of the professional hunter' Sunday Times 'Very few British writers are as good' Sunday Express

Kill For Me

"Victor, a former assassin-for-hire, has joined forces with a CIA special unit. His first assignment: Three strangers. Three hits. Fast and clean. Victor's a natural for this. It should have been simple. But with each hit Victor is plunged deeper into an unimaginable conspiracy where no one, least of all the people he knows, can be trusted. With the stakes growing higher by the minute, Victor realizes he's been forced into playing a game he never expected. Because he's the next target. And there's no way out"--Page 4 of cover.

The enemy

Victor has been out of the game for six months - but he's as deadly as ever. He's in Berlin, preparing for his first assignment as a CIA contractor: taking out the scout of a notorious crime lord. No one is supposed to die - not yet - but as Victor tracks his target, he realises he's not the only one interested in the scout . . . and if Victor is going to do his job, he has to stop someone else doing theirs. Packed with roaring action and breathless suspense, this specially priced, exclusive short story is perfect for fans of Tom Wood - and for readers who have yet to discover him.

An Exclusive Short Story

Bad Luck in Berlin

He is darkness. She wants him dead. In a city starved of light, she might just succeed. She moves like a shadow; she kills silently: Raven. This elegant assassin has been on the run for years. This time though, she has picked the wrong target. The hitman known only as 'Victor' is as paranoid as he is merciless, and is no stranger to being hunted. He tracks his would-be killer across the globe, aiming not only to neutralise the threat, but to discover who wants him dead. The trail leads to New York... And then the lights go out. Over twelve hours of unremitting darkness, Manhattan dissolves into chaos. Amid looting, conspiracy and blackout, Victor and Raven play a vicious game of cat and mouse that the city will never forget.

The Darkest Day

A hitman must be anonymous, amoral... and alone Victor is the face in the crowd you don't see, a perfect assassin with nothing to live for. But when an old friend turns to him for help, he finds he can't refuse. For once his objective isn't to kill, but to protect. Hunted through the streets of London by ruthless enemies, Victor needs to be more than just a bodyguard... but his every move leads danger closer to the very person he's vowed to defend. Published in the US as No Tomorrow.

Kill for Me

Hij is een beruchte huurmoordenaar. Maar dit keer moet hij juist een leven redden.

Een oude vijand

World-class assassin Victor finds himself under fire in the new thriller from bestselling author Tom Wood HIT THE TARGET… While carrying out a hit on a terrorist financier, Victor finds himself the target of an assassin who proves to be just as deadly as he is. Never one to let such a thing go, Victor sets about hunting down his attacker and those who sent her. She is Raven—a freelance assassin with a dark past and hidden agenda. If Victor wants to stay alive he must find out who Raven really is and what she is truly after. …OR BECOME THE TARGET. Does she really want him dead, or does someone else want them to kill each other? With the stakes growing higher by the minute—as a city-wide blackout plunges Manhattan into darkness—Victor and Raven must decide who is friend and who is foe before a deadly terrorist plot threatens to consume the city and them along with it.

Tom Wood, whose writing “crackles like the early work of Robert Ludlum” (Booklist) returns with a white-knuckle read—and an anti-hero assassin who sets a new standard for delivering brutal, no-holds-barred action… HE GOES BY ONE NAME. HE HAS NO PAST. HIS FUTURE IS MURDER. Victor's been out of commission for six months—but as dangerous as ever and still at the top of his game. A former assassin-for-hire now locked in uneasy alliance with a CIA special unit, Victor is in Berlin preparing for what was supposed to be a simple assignment: taking out the scout of a notorious crime lord. But life—and death—is full of surprises. As Victor tracks his target, he realizes that he's not the only assassin with a special interest in his prey. And if Victor is going to do his job, he has to stop someone else from doing theirs. Includes a preview of Tom Wood’s The Enemy

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Bad Luck In Berlin

Hart, schnell, kompromisslos – Tom Wood ist der Meister der atemlosen Spannung. Victor, ein brillanter Auftragskiller im Dienst der CIA, steht vor seinem bisher gefährlichsten Einsatz: Bei einem kürzlich ermordeten Berufskollegen Victors fand man Hinweise auf dessen bevorstehendes Treffen mit einem mysteriösen Schweizer. Victor soll nun in die Rolle des Getöteten schlüpfen und herausfinden, um was für einen Job es dabei gehen sollte. Nach Rom beordert, trifft Victor dort auf eine ganze Gruppe von Killern, die offensichtlich auf einen spektakulären Einsatz vorbereitet wird. Niemand darf erfahren, dass Victor für die CIA arbeitet – doch das ist nicht sein einziges Problem. Als er herausfindet, was in Rom geplant wird, läuft es selbst ihm eiskalt den Rücken hinunter ...

Victor 3 - Thriller

Blood Target

Wenn Victor seinen Auftrag überleben will, muss er mehr können als nur töten Fast jeder Mensch kann morden. Aber nur wenige schaffen es, unentdeckt davonzukommen. Und das nicht nur einmal, sondern immer wieder. Victor, ein so eiskalter wir brillanter Auftragskiller, ist ein Meister darin. Früher arbeitete er auf eigene Rechnung, doch mittlerweile steht er im Dienst der CIA. Nun soll er dabei helfen, die zwei grössten internationalen Waffenhändler auszuschalten, um unzählige Leben zu retten. Doch dieser Auftrag erfordert mehr als Kaltblütigkeit und eine ruhige Hand. Victor muss mit höchster Raffinesse vorgehen, um sein Ziel zu erreichen - und um seinen Einsatz zu überleben. Tom Wood, der eigentlich Tom Hinshelwood heisst, ist freischaffender Bildeditor und Drehbuchautor. Er wurde in Staffordshire, England, geboren und lebt mittlerweile in London. Sein Debütroman 'Codename Tesseract' sowie auch die nachfolgenden Thriller um den brillanten Profikiller Victor wurden von Kritik wie Lesern begeistert gefeiert.

Thriller

Zero option

Deadly assassin Victor returns to fight another night in this action-packed enovella from international bestselling author Tom Wood. "ARE YOU TRYING TO BE A HERO?" Victor is on the run in Bulgaria, with enemies closing in. Injured and exhausted he knows the only way to survive is to escape the country before dawn. But when a young woman shows him unexpected kindness, Victor lingers to repay the favor the only way he knows how. "I ASSURE YOU. I'M THE OPPOSITE." The sleepy Bulgarian border town is not what it seems. Corruption and violence bubble under the surface, lurking in unexpected places. As sunrise approaches, bringing with it a threat from Victor's past with a knack for tracking and killing, Victor finds himself tapping into a fight he never meant to make his...

Gone by Dawn

Victor is the perfect killer. He has no past. He will stop at nothing. And he can find you anywhere. In sweltering Algiers, ultra-efficient hitman Victor executes a fellow assassin. But when the CIA comes calling, Victor must pose as his victim to identify the dead man's next mark, a mission that takes him across Europe to the bloody streets of Rome. Working alongside a group of vicious mercenaries, Victor faces an impossible choice: to do what's right, or to sacrifice the only thing he cares about . . . his life. Full of white-hot tension and edge-of-the-seat action, The Game will surprise you at every turn.

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