Vendetta
By: Nick Oldham
Series: Henry Christie; Henry Christie
Publisher: Caffeine Nights
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chatham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781907565656; 9781907565649
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Vendetta; Fiction; FICTION; Thrillers; Crime; Media Tie-In; Mystery & Detective; General
Description: The official novelization of a forthcoming crime film, featuring movie stills and an introduction by producer Jonathan SothcottGeorge never meant to kill the thief, he was just defending his shop from the jacked up kids who were trying to rob him. Arrested for murder, his world is turned upside down. The next night the doorbell rings, and before George has even opened the door the gang have swarmed into his housethey beat him senseless, rape his wife, and tie them up and set fire to them. Thoughtless, feral Jimmy, George's son, has been dishonorably discharged from the Royal Marines in Afghanistan and is on his way back to London when he gets the news. It isn't long before he's on the trail of the gang who murdered his parents, exacting his own kind of chillingly brutal justice. With the police closing in and his old regiment determined to stop him from airing their dirty laundry on trial, Jimmy goes underground. His actions have created a media frenzy, London's first vigilante of the 21st century. But will his devastating course of action spell the end of the woman he loves?
Notes: Film tie-in.
Table of contents: title: Title page; PROLOGUE; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; EIGHT; NINE; TEN; ELEVEN; TWELVE; THIRTEEN; FOURTEEN; FIFTEEN; SIXTEEN; SEVENTEEN; EIGHTEEN; NINETEEN; EPILOGUE.