A Line in the Sand
A man walks into a diner, bleeding and armed. He claims he’s being hunted. That something’s coming. That no one’s safe. Hours later, he’s found dead in a holding cell.
John Beckett, former MI6, doesn’t buy the suicide story. Neither does Detective Maggie Lee.
When the evidence vanishes and questions are brushed aside, Beckett and Lee start digging.
Their search leads them to a powerful tech company, a private security firm, and a missing device everyone wants but no one will admit exists.
As they move closer to the truth, they find themselves hunted by people who kill without hesitation.
With no backup, no resources, and time running out, Beckett must face a threat that could bring down everything―and everyone―he’s ever fought to protect.
A Line in the Sand is book five in the John Beckett series―a taut, high-stakes thriller where the price of truth is blood.
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Matthew Hattersley
Matthew Hattersley was born in Yorkshire, UK. Over the past twenty years he has toured Europe in a rock and roll band, trained as a professional actor, and founded a theatre and media company.
He’s also had plenty of extremely boring jobs to help sustain his creative endeavours.
His bestselling Acid Vanilla series follows a wily but flawed former assassin who, while pursuing a bloody mission of vengeance, begins to discover that helping others may offer the redemption she never expected.
He is also the author of the new John Beckett series and the standalone novels Cookies and Double Bad Things.
He lives in Derbyshire, UK with his wife and daughter, and remains uncomfortable writing about himself in the third person.
The John Beckett Series
The John Beckett Series consists of five primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
