Published 11th November 2021 by Zaffre.
From the cover of the book:
He turns the groaning Abbott over, puts the barrel of the gun to the back of his head.'We're doing him a favour,' he says. 'I know a guy with a death-wish when I see one.'
He pulls the trigger.
They say blood is thicker than water. They never mention alcohol. Ex special-forces soldier Alex Abbott has a lead on the killer of his dead brother. If only he can stay off the booze long enough to hunt it down. But the skeletons in Abbott's closet are mounting up faster than the bodies in their bags, and Abbott needs to get his focus back if he's going to get his revenge.
His pursuit takes him to the North of England, where Abbott infiltrates a local gang; forced to carry out jobs to maintain his cover. As he gains their trust he ventures deeper into the organisation uncovering a long-established, international network of rich, depraved thrill-seekers, with a sadistic side-hustle in child trafficking.
Can Abbott stay ahead of his quarry and keep those who matter to him safe? The answer will take Abbott into Eastern Europe, and a deadly game of cat and mouse where he will face a terrible choice between his past and his future; it's winner takes all and Abbott has everything to lose.
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Ex-Special Forces soldier, Alex Abbott is a man in a bad place. Reeling from the death of his son Nathan in Iraq, Alex spends his time in a pit of despair, seeking solace in booze and petty fights down the local, but then he receives some information about the childhood death of his brother Chris that brings him a new sense of purpose.
Off on the trail of the people he now knows are responsible for the loss of his brother, Abbott finds himself embroiled in the murky gangland scene in the North of England, and then widens the scope of his quest for revenge to include finally bringing down a crime family with its fingers in some very unsavoury pies - including child trafficking and the very worst kinds of abuse.
This is a reckoning that will bring some hard choices, and Abbott must call on all his skills, and some old friends, to achieve his goal.
All or Nothing is the second book in the Alex Abbott series by former Special Forces soldier Ollie Ollerton, and he has called on all his experience in the field to create a thriller heavy with action and excitement. Being at a disadvantage by not having read the first book in the series, Scar Tissue, there was a bit of catching up to be done at the beginning of this adventure, but by the time I reached the part where the threads pick up from the intriguing cliff-hanger prologue I was hooked.
Ollerton takes you on a relentless journey through the life of an ex-special forces soldier who has seen just about everything in his time, but has been brought low by personal losses from which he seems unable to recover. A nicely conceived chance discovery by an old flame sets Abbott on a path that gives him hope for redemption, and allows Ollerton to throw almost everything at you in terms of military style revenge plots, filled with fascinating planning and operational detail, deep in a gritty gangland setting - and then, if that wasn't enough, to carry you off into a delicious Bond-esque scenario in Eastern Europe that the fear of spoilers prevents me from going into here.
This book was so much fun, full of twists turns and emotive themes - be prepared from some gut-wrenching scenarios to play out on the abuse side of things, which are integral to the plot on more than one front, even if they make for disturbing reading. The baddies are ones you can really get your teeth into, and you are firmly behind broken-hero Abbott throughout, despite his many faults, which always makes for a very engaging yarn. This book kept me turning the pages well into the night, until all the threads had reached their highly entertaining conclusions... and there is a lovely hook into the next book, which means it will definitely be on my reading pile too!
All or Nothing is available to buy now in hardback, ebook and audio formats from your favourite book retailer.
Thank you to Zaffre for sending me a hardback edition of this book in return for an honest review and to Tracy Fenton of Compulsive Readers tours for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.
About the author:
Matthew 'Ollie' Ollerton is a Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling author and former Special Forces soldier, who was once the founding Directing Staff on Channel 4's hit show SAS: Who Dares Wins and SAS Australia.
Ollie's military career began at the age of 18 when he joined the Royal Marine Commandos and toured operationally in Northern Ireland and in Iraq for Operation Desert Storm. He subsequently spent six years in the Special Boat Service rising to team leader, before working in Iraq as a private security contractor and carrying our anti-child-trafficking charity work in Southeast Asia. These experiences helped shape his life as well as his books.
Ollie is the founder of Breakpoint, the business he runs as part of his mission to help others create more productive, healthier and happier lives. He furthers this passion through his writing and his online, virtual and public appearances.
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