Cold, John Sweeney
Cold, John Sweeney
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Cold

Author: John Sweeney

Narrator: Alan Smyth

Unabridged: 11 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/01/2016

Synopsis

In the feeble light of a London winter, Joe Tiplady walks his dog in the snow. He is not alone. Two men are tracking him, as is a woman with wolf eyes. Soon Joe will find himself caught in a storm of violence and retribution that he does not yet understand.Around the world, a chain of events is in motion that will make Joe a priceless target. A retired Soviet general hunts for his missing daughter after a series of brutal murders. A ruthless assassin loses something so precious he will do anything to get it back. And in the mountains of Utah, a brilliant ex-CIA chief wrestles with his religion.In the shadow of them all lies Zoba, strongman ruler of Russia and puppet-master of the world’s darkest operatives. Can Joe save himself from this dangerous web of power and revenge? Where can he run when there’s nowhere left to hide?Please note: this book contains strong language and scenes of torture.

About John Sweeney

John Sweeney is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. As a reporter, first for the Observer and then for the BBC, Sweeney has covered wars and chaos in more than eighty countries and has been undercover to Chechnya, North Korea and Zimbabwe. He has also helped free seven people falsely convicted of killing their babies in landmark legal trials in the UK. Sweeney became a YouTube sensation in 2007 for losing his temper with a senior member of the Church of Scientology. His first novel, Elephant Moon, was published to much acclaim in 2012. His hobby is falling off his bike on the way back from the pub.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bent on July 21, 2016

The description of this book sounded just like the right book for me - international setting, suspense, mystery, chases across and between continents, spies, corruption, Russian bad guys, Russian good guys... you name it! Well, the book did indeed have all that and a lot more. In fact, it had too muc......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on July 01, 2016

I have to say this isn't the type of book I usually enjoy, but Cold was a pleasant surprise. Very descriptive, Joe Tiplady is an interesting character. This is a novel filled with twists and turn and a fab ending. It is horrifically violent, with graphic torture and all that is relevant to war, but t......more

Goodreads review by Raven on July 04, 2016

Welcome aboard to a striking new thriller from intrepid journalist John Sweeney, who neatly uses some of the less savoury characters he’s encountered in his professional career to populate his cast of baddies. That Zoba, for example really reminded me of…er…whatshisname…you know the short Russian gu......more

Goodreads review by Dennis Chisholm on June 12, 2016

Review of the Cold Very interesting and hard to put down, only short coming is confusion of all the different characters in beginning of story.......more

Goodreads review by Schuyler on June 26, 2016

I liked this book. You will too if you ignore author John Sweeney’s plaintive assertion that this is just a story that he “made up.” Sweeney is an award-winning British journalist and author who has stepped on toes, pursued controversy, and, on occasion, lost his cool during interviews. His pungency......more

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