Choke Hold
Tom Rollins is heading cross-country when he gets a call from his old friend, Cindy Vaughan. Cindy is searching for a missing woman, Louise. She’s found CCTV of her abduction and needs Tom’s help tracking down whoever is responsible.
Tom and Cindy start to investigate and soon realise that Louise is in deep trouble. She’s been taken by a ruthless gang who plan to use her for their own grisly entertainment. The clock is ticking and if they are to save Louise, Tom and Cindy will have to move fast. They take the fight to the enemy and uncover a sinister operation that will stop at nothing to cover its tracks.
And when the tables are turned and Tom finds himself trapped in one of the gang’s twisted games, he realises there is only one rule: kill or be killed.
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In a world where violence often whispers before it shouts, the Tom Rollins series prowls through backroads, seedy motels, and forgotten towns with a steady hand and a loaded gun. These thrillers aren’t about saving the world—they’re about surviving it, one bloodied mile at a time.
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Tom Rollins Thrillers consists of twenty-one books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
