The Contractor

Stock, know as The Contractor, has a deadly profession.

But his new assignment is something even he might not have the stomach for.

His old enemy, a colonel in the Army, wants him to kill the Prime Minister.

And when he turns the hit down, things start to get very nasty.

He finds himself caught up in a deadly race to stop the Colonel from taking control of Britain in a bloody coup.

Friends and enemies become difficult to tell apart as the Contractor finds himself going up against the police, the Italian Mafia, and the Army in his attempt to prevent the assassination.

Can he stop the Colonel's takeover?

Or will Britain be plunged into a deadly civil war?

'The Contractor' is an international thriller with hair-raising action and high stakes.

Christopher Kenworthy was a journalist and novelist. His other thrillers include 'Lakeside Murders' and 'Tradition of Death'.