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Mason Collins Box Set: Books 1-3
(2019)(A book in the Mason Collins series)
An omnibus of novels by John A Connell
"This is going to be a must-read series for me." Lee child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels.
This box set contains the first three books in the Mason Collins saga that will follow Mason to some of the most dangerous and outrageous spots in the world, where he'll encounter the sadistic, the insane, and the bizarre. Over 40% off these three historical crime thrillers that are sure to keep you turning the pages.
BOOK ONE: MADNESS IN THE RUINS
A mutilated body. No witnesses. And the only clue the killer leaves is a disturbing message: "Those who I have made suffer will become saints and they shall lift me up from hell."
Winter, 1945. Munich is in ruins. Though the war is over, murder still flourishes.
U.S. Army investigator Mason Collins enforces the law in the American Zone of Occupation. This post is his last chance to do what he loves most - being a homicide detective.
But Mason gets more than he's bargained for when the bodies start piling up, the city devolves into panic, and the army brass start breathing down his neck.
Then the murderer makes him a target. Now it's a high-stakes duel, and to win it Mason must bring into deadly play all that he values: his partner, his career - even his life.
BOOK TWO: HAVEN OF VIPERS
If you like high-octane adventures that will take you to a Hollywood-style nightclub and a speeding train, to the icy slopes of the Bavarian Alps then you'll love this historical crime thriller.
Mason's final posting suits him just fine: keeping the peace in a fairytale town nestled in the Bavarian Alps. All he has to do is keep his head down, serve out his time, and he can go back to the States.
But something very rotten is happening behind the charming gingerbread-house facades. Criminal gangs are thriving, everyone's on the take, and then the bodies start piling up
When he investigates the rash of murders, Mason discovers a web of coconspirators more dangerous than anything he's ever encountered, and they want him dead.
Now it's personal, and Mason must pull out all the stops to bring down the organization, or die trying...
BOOK THREE: BONES OF THE INNOCENT
1946. Tangier, Morocco. Mason Collins races against time to save the lives of abducted teenagers in a case a twisted as the streets of Tangier's medina.
Assassins from a shadowy organization have Mason in their sights, when a flamboyant stranger offers Mason a means of escape. Be he must accompany the stranger to Morocco to investigate the abductions of teenage girls. The man seems as two-faced as Janus, but the plight of the innocent girls boils Mason's blood, and he agrees to go.
Once Mason lands in Tangier, he discovers that nothing - or no one - is what it seems. This playground for the super rich is called the wickedest city in the world, and he realizes those who could help him the most harbor a terrible secret.
And just as Mason begins to unravel the mystery, the assassins have once again picked up his trail. Now, Mason must put his life on the line to find the girls before it's too late. If he lives that long...
PRAISE FOR THE SERIES:
"... reminiscent of early-Robert Ludlum, and makes you clamor for more." Steve Berry, author of The Templar Legacy
"... a superb, flawed hero, whose compassion for others is augmented by his own demons." Sun Sentinel
"As vivid a sense of time and place as anything by Alan Furst... " Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest
"... an absolute barn burner the likes of which we haven't seen since Ludlum or Clancy's first. Yeah. He's that good." Mysterious Book Report
Genre: Historical Mystery
This box set contains the first three books in the Mason Collins saga that will follow Mason to some of the most dangerous and outrageous spots in the world, where he'll encounter the sadistic, the insane, and the bizarre. Over 40% off these three historical crime thrillers that are sure to keep you turning the pages.
BOOK ONE: MADNESS IN THE RUINS
A mutilated body. No witnesses. And the only clue the killer leaves is a disturbing message: "Those who I have made suffer will become saints and they shall lift me up from hell."
Winter, 1945. Munich is in ruins. Though the war is over, murder still flourishes.
U.S. Army investigator Mason Collins enforces the law in the American Zone of Occupation. This post is his last chance to do what he loves most - being a homicide detective.
But Mason gets more than he's bargained for when the bodies start piling up, the city devolves into panic, and the army brass start breathing down his neck.
Then the murderer makes him a target. Now it's a high-stakes duel, and to win it Mason must bring into deadly play all that he values: his partner, his career - even his life.
BOOK TWO: HAVEN OF VIPERS
If you like high-octane adventures that will take you to a Hollywood-style nightclub and a speeding train, to the icy slopes of the Bavarian Alps then you'll love this historical crime thriller.
Mason's final posting suits him just fine: keeping the peace in a fairytale town nestled in the Bavarian Alps. All he has to do is keep his head down, serve out his time, and he can go back to the States.
But something very rotten is happening behind the charming gingerbread-house facades. Criminal gangs are thriving, everyone's on the take, and then the bodies start piling up
When he investigates the rash of murders, Mason discovers a web of coconspirators more dangerous than anything he's ever encountered, and they want him dead.
Now it's personal, and Mason must pull out all the stops to bring down the organization, or die trying...
BOOK THREE: BONES OF THE INNOCENT
1946. Tangier, Morocco. Mason Collins races against time to save the lives of abducted teenagers in a case a twisted as the streets of Tangier's medina.
Assassins from a shadowy organization have Mason in their sights, when a flamboyant stranger offers Mason a means of escape. Be he must accompany the stranger to Morocco to investigate the abductions of teenage girls. The man seems as two-faced as Janus, but the plight of the innocent girls boils Mason's blood, and he agrees to go.
Once Mason lands in Tangier, he discovers that nothing - or no one - is what it seems. This playground for the super rich is called the wickedest city in the world, and he realizes those who could help him the most harbor a terrible secret.
And just as Mason begins to unravel the mystery, the assassins have once again picked up his trail. Now, Mason must put his life on the line to find the girls before it's too late. If he lives that long...
PRAISE FOR THE SERIES:
"... reminiscent of early-Robert Ludlum, and makes you clamor for more." Steve Berry, author of The Templar Legacy
"... a superb, flawed hero, whose compassion for others is augmented by his own demons." Sun Sentinel
"As vivid a sense of time and place as anything by Alan Furst... " Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest
"... an absolute barn burner the likes of which we haven't seen since Ludlum or Clancy's first. Yeah. He's that good." Mysterious Book Report
Genre: Historical Mystery
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