Target

I have read all of Kernick's books so far and they are just getting better and better

Simon Kernick is one of the few authors that can write in a number of different styles and still maintain a very high standard or storytelling no matter which style is being used. The novel starts off in Harlan Coben style (average everyday guy suddenly has life in danger by a sudden event, must flee and work out what is going on to survive type read) such as Kernick wrote with Relentless. In Target it's author Rob Fallon who runs into Jenny Brakspear, his former best friend's ex girlfriend in a bar, he goes back to her apartment to sleep with her but while using the toilet hears her being violently kidnapped. Then we've got the David Morrell type style novel coming into the story(fast paced albeit a little unrealistic action thriller involving a well trained ex army guy), in Target this character isn't actually the hero, he's one of the villains, his name is Hook, he's ex IRA army, he enjoys killing and although Fallon escaped him during the abduction of the girl who was supposed to be alone, he plans on meeting up and killing him very soon. Then we've got the ignore the rest of the department and stay on the case bend the rules to get the result police officer type character in Tina Boyd who thinks Fallon may well be telling the truth. Throw in from Kernick's Deadline, Mike Bolt an ex Flying Squad officer in charge of a unit of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) who Tina turns to off the record to help her find Jenny and we've got five great eyes to view the story unfolding and styles to jump back and forth and read. Throw in the fact the author is Simon Kernick, who isn't afraid to kill of main characters and we have seriously no idea what will happen next as we turn each page. A great thriller, Kernick hits the target again!