Agent Seventeen: The most intense and thrilling read of 2023, for fans of Jason Bourne and James Bond

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Agent Seventeen: The most intense and thrilling read of 2023, for fans of Jason Bourne and James Bond
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Brownlow
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:416
Dimensions(mm): Height 232,Width 152
Category/GenreClassic crime
Thriller/suspense
Espionage and spy thriller
War and combat fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9781529382549
ClassificationsDewey:813.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date 17 August 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED. BUT SO ARE YOURS. 'Keeps readers on the edge of their seats through a roller-coaster ride of high-octane action that builds to an explosive finale' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Propulsive ... outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES 'Pacy' LITERARY REVIEW 'Highly entertaining and compulsively readable' Whitcoulls, NZ 'Brownlow is off to a good start' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Call me Seventeen. I have no other name, not any more. Sixteen killers have done this job before me. Officially, I don't exist, but every government uses me. I'm the most feared hitman in the world. But nobody gets to do this job for long. Because to be the best, you must beat the best, and there are rivals on my tail. My days are numbered. But until then, it's one hell of a ride. 'Reinvents the hitman novel. It's a cinematic rollercoaster, full of authentic emotion and high-octane action. The tension explodes off the pages; John Brownlow is a master of suspense - Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of TRAITOR'S DANCE

Author Biography

John Brownlow holds British/Canadian citizenship and lives two hours north of Toronto. He wrote the film Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig, the TV series Fleming about Ian Fleming's work as a spy and the genesis of James Bond, and the TV series The Miniaturist, adapted from Jessie Burton's best-selling novel. You can follow him on Twitter @johnbrownlow.

Reviews

Keeps you on the edge of your seat and guessing with every turn of the page. A fantastic and thrilling new entry into the modern-day spy genre * Rawson Marshall Thurber, director of DODGEBALL, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, SKYSCRAPER and RED NOTICE * SEVENTEEN reinvents the hitman novel. It's a cinematic rollercoaster, full of authentic emotion and high-octane action. The tension explodes off the pages; John Brownlow is a master of suspense * Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of TRAITOR'S DANCE * A gripping debut thriller from a British-Canadian screenwriter and it keeps readers on the edge of their seats through a roller-coaster ride of high-octane action that builds to an explosive finale * Sunday Express * Pacy * Literary Review * A slick, clever, edge-of-the-seat thriller * Crime Review * This is a fresh adrenaline-charged, and snarkily funny spy thriller with an explosive climax * The Peterborough Telegraph * Reads like a winning Amazon Prime Thriller pitch . . . utterly gripping from get-go * Irish Independent * The book takes off like a rocket . . . Brownlow is an accomplished screenwriter, and it shows * The Financial Times * The pace never falters a single inch in this high octane, breathless thriller. Lean, mean and thoroughly enjoyable * Crime Time * This is probably the most action-packed spy thriller that fans of the genre will read this year, with short busy chapters where conspiracies unfold at the rate of a particularly sharp shooting pistol dispensing bullets * Irish Examiner *