Stray Dog

Trained assassin Martin Decker is in Paris when he gets a call from his handler telling him he's needed on a job. Soon, two men are dead and he's heading for London where British intelligence officer Daniel Howell is next in his sights. But Decker's not the only one interested in Howell. It seems someone else has their eye on him. And Decker is getting in their way. But who is calling the shots? And why? Decker is about to find out the truth is far more personal than he could ever have...
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Trained assassin Martin Decker is in Paris when he gets a call from his handler telling him he's needed on a job. Soon, two men are dead and he's heading for London where British intelligence officer Daniel Howell is next in his sights. But Decker's not the only one interested in Howell. It seems someone else has their eye on him. And Decker is getting in their way. But who is calling the shots? And why? Decker is about to find out the truth is far more personal than he could ever have imagined. Stray Dog provides an intriguing dissection of the mind of a hired killer in an amoral world where the powerful and greedy will eliminate any obstacle in their way.

Praise for Stray Dog

'It takes a hell of a writer to draw you into the mind of a hired killer and make you want to stay there. Bentall makes Martin Decker's backstory so believable, his quest so moving, that you're caught up in the rhythms of that life--its breathless action and tangled plot, its quest for a rough justice. No schmaltz here; it's a dark and lonely book. But a deeply human one.' - Jeannette Cooperman, author of A Circumstance of BloodPhilip Bentall is a novelist, poet and country estate worker. His poetry has received various awards and appeared in such publications as The London Library Magazine and Country Life. His upcoming novel, Wild Flower, will be published in spring 2018. He lives in the south-east of England.