Going Dark
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Praise for Going Dark
Copyright Info
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Acknowledgements
About the Author
About Burning Chair
Other Books by Burning Chair Publishing:
Title Page
Going Dark
A crime novel
Neil Lancaster
Praise for Going Dark
“A tense, edgy debut that captures the mind and captivates the reader.”
- Ian Patrick, author of the Sam Batford series.
“A great read. Lancaster clearly knows his stuff.”
- Stephen Leather, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd series
“A genuine gripping page-turner from a new author with real insider knowledge… the pace and tension are relentless.”
- Alex Walters, author of the DI Alec McKay series.
“A gripping page turner that drags you in and won’t let you out until you finish it”
- Paul Harrison, author of Mind Games, Dancing With The Devil and Chasing Monsters
“If you enjoyed my Manhunt look out for this. A novel written by a bloke who actually worked on my investigation.”
- Colin Sutton, author of Manhunt – How I Brought Serial Killer Levi Bellfield To Justice.
Copyright Info
Burning Chair Limited, Trading As Burning Chair Publishing
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden
London WC2H 9JQ
By Neil Lancaster
Edited by Simon Finnie and Peter Oxley
Book Cover Design by ebooklaunch.com
First published by Burning Chair Publishing, 2019
Copyright © Neil Lancaster, 2019
Neil Lancaster has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as author of this work.
This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my late Mum, Brenda Lancaster, who started this whole journey by throwing me my first adventure book when I was twelve and saying, ‘You’ll love this.’
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November 2005
1600hrs
Basra, Iraq
Tom strode down the side road towards Al Saadi Street, past the burnt-out husk of a car, the remnants of a recent improvised explosive device. The war in Iraq was decimating the country but people still needed to eat, work, and make money and no number of bombs or mortars would stop them from doing so. The street was bustling and alive with the noise and smells of a typical Arabic city: a mix of petrol fumes, cigarette smoke, and roasting coffee.
His covert earpiece crackled with Buster’s cockney voice. ‘We are parked nearby, Borat. No more than a minute away if it all goes tits-up. Now try not to kill anyone today, old son.’