A Bullet for the Past
A mission cloaked in deception. A rogue agent with deadly secrets. A race against time to stop a global catastrophe.
Former British Secret Service operative John Beckett thought he’d left the world of espionage behind, living a quiet life in Costa Rica. But when a mysterious woman seeks his help, Beckett is ambushed, blackmailed, and thrust back into a dangerous game with a ruthless CIA adversary. His eliminate Saul Turner, a rogue agent thought to be selling secrets to the enemy.
Paired with the elusive Erica Reed, Beckett’s pursuit of Turner takes him from New York’s bustling streets to a high-stakes gathering of powerful elites. But as he delves deeper, Beckett discovers that in this world of shifting loyalties, no one is who they seem—and the line between ally and enemy is perilously thin.
With millions of lives at stake, Beckett faces an impossible choice that will test his loyalties and could alter the course of his life forever.
Dive into A Bullet for the Past, a gripping thriller in Matthew Hattersley’s John Beckett Series, where every turn reveals a new betrayal, and every ally could be a deadly foe.
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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.

