Nick Harding has a new case.
A money launderer has hired him to find his daughter.
Except not "hired" so much as "kidnapped". And not the daughter so much as the $10 Million she stole.
Unfortunately, the former owner of the $10 Million is also looking for her.
This was a masterpiece of intrigue and a reasonably fast pace with involvement of O Shea who wants his daughter back, the Russians are after her and Nick and his buddies have to find her first.
Tony McFadden writes an engrossing thriller that I couldn't put down. I haven't read him before however he's now on my radar for sure.
If you love James Patterson or Jack Mars then this book is for you.
Can't wait to read more of his books
Kerry Kennedy Author

When Nick, our main male character is kidnapped at the end of a very promising date, he knows that the next few days are gonna be a rollercoaster ride. He is brought in front of a man he knows very well. An Irish monster he's been chasing for years before he retired from the police. He is to be held hostage until he finds the monster's daughter: Terri. She disappeared three years ago with 10 million dollars that she stole from a Russian crime boss.
Quickly, with the online help if his friends, Nick réalise that they are not the only one looking for Terri. In order to bring her back to her father and be free from his captors, Nick and his friends will have no choice but to beat the Russians to the finish line.

I really enjoyed this book. The story was fast paced, the IT jargon wasn't too heavy and there was always something going on to keep me hooked. The characters complicity was a nice touch and the banter between Nick and his forced babysitter where really funny. I would certainly recommend and I will be reading more book by this author for sure.

If you are looking for a thriller to solve, this is not it . Nick is a PI in Sydney, Australia and is abducted during a date. He becomes involved with Russian criminals and a father and daughter money laundering business. Lots of chasing around the city, fighting and action as well as tracking each other through hijacking computer sysytems.
This is not really a book where you get to know the characters and their way of thinking, except perhaps for Nick and to a lesser extent Lucy. The story is told from diffeent viewpoints, towards the end in the same chapter which means to have to think about who the narrator is at that particular time.
The plot is certainly action packed with plenty of twists and turns . May be in places a little repetitive but once I got over the intial few chapters where I was wondering who these people are and what on earth was going on, I came to enjoy it. It certainly kept my interest, though the plot was fairly predictable
Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Genre: Mystery?

Review: I do not know which genre this goes in. General fiction? Thriller? Mystery? Nopety nope. Just a long walk around the city in the same general area with the addition of a few characters here and there.

1. This was great initially, then the love wore off quickly as the scenes never developed past the confines of the inner city. There are quite a few instances of belief suspension in order to make this movie "SPEED - The Long Walkabout"

2. Nick is kidnapped and stays that way in a high-end condo with all the trimmings while galavanting around the city with a minder. Because the NickNappers know the cops and will ruin his professional reputation. "OH MY, LAWDY NO...ARGGGGHHHHH!!".

3. Everyone is looking for Terri Oshea, Miss Hot Pants money launderer. She suddenly has Nick and crew on her side against the EVIL RUSSIANS!. How this happens is anyones guess. She should have been nabbed early on and tortured with a cheese grater. She is that annoying and one-dimensional.

4. Nicky must have a huge shlong, because with one brief date with Juicy Lucy i.e. Master Karate Poo, and he has her undying loyalty and support with the promise of sexy sex down the road. MEOW!!!

5. Reggie the Minder quickly morphs from thuggie to Nicky cohort whom provides ample levity while crushing those pesky/evilly/nasty Rooskies.

6. No one has a gun, then everyone has a gun because well fuk it, as we gotta make this mo'dangerous with .22 rimfire plinking rounds.

7. With all the chasing and finding and near misses it seems both sides have easy access to real time close circuit tv monitors throughout the city. Not only can they track Terri MickyO'Sheamus anywhere but with facial recognition software. Really?

8. This novel is continually smug with the insta-love and Lucy Lawless' 4 black belts in blah blah blah. Everyone is either super smart or super sexy or both. Except those fukin Russians. Burned faces and psychotic weasily mannerisms round out that camp.

9. It is fecking hot. We get it. We do not need to be reminded that it is hot in Austrailia on every frickin' page.

This was more boring than a bag of hammmers. There is no mystery. There is no thriller. It is fiction on demerol.

Rating: 1.6/5

I would like to thank Netgalley and Beech Nut Press for a review copy of Dead Tomorrow, the third novel to feature Sydney based PI Nick Harding.

Nick is on a first date with Lucy when he is abducted. Money launderer, Terrance O’Shea, an old adversary from Nick’s days as an Australian Police officer wants him to find his daughter, Terri, and isn’t taking no for an answer. The trouble is Terri is in Sydney to redirect the ten million she stole and has no interest in meeting her or the guy she stole from who is also chasing her.

I thoroughly enjoyed Deadly Tomorrow, which is another fun caper in a very readable series. It is told from various points of view, but rather being a drag on my concentration and immersion as I usually find, this approach simply adds to the fun. The reader is in no doubt about anyone’s intentions, be it the FBI, the AFP or Russian gangsters. The O’Sheas are perhaps not as vocal on their intentions, but there is enough inferred for it to be clear.

The devil is in the detail as they say, so, with everyone’s intentions clear, the novel revolves around Nick’s manoeuvrings in sticky situations and a lot of CCTV hacking. It’s fun, exciting and ultimately rewarding as the action never stops. It’s highly entertaining.

Nick and his man in the chair, Davie Sangster, come off initially as a couple of amateurs. Don’t be fooled as Nick is very smart and Davie a top notch hacker. They are a formidable team, made even more formidable by the steely Lucy. Davie even manages to do well when out of his comfort zone, in the field and attacked.

Dead Tomorrow is a good read that I have no hesitation in recommending.

Dead Tomorrow by Tony McFadden was a fast-paced adventure/thriller style crime novel with just a little bit of everything to suit almost any type of reader.

As an avid thriller/crime novel reader myself, I adored this book and was immediately hooked from Page 1 all the way through to the end. the novel spans the period of a week and is set in Sydney, Australia, with main character Nick Harding, Private Investigator, and his team working with O'Shea, a money launderer looking for his daughter, Teri. At the same time, Russian mob individuals are also chasing Teri, resulting in a fast-paced, thrilling, and non-stop story.

This book was a pleasant surprise for me, in the sense that lately a lot of thriller or crime novels have delved a little too much into the action itself and have been less involved in the characters and their stories. That was not the case for this book. I was incredibly invested in the motivations of O'Shea and the Russian mob, as well as enamoured by the banter and personalities of Nick, Davie, and Lucy. Every character played a pivotal role and were well-described, fleshed out, and considered. It's not often I read a book and I feel that I am being told the story by the characters, which is an amazing feat for the author.

I read an e-copy of this book through Netgalley; however, this is one of those novels where I need a physical copy and will be buying one so that I can re-read, buy copies for friends, and rave about it to anyone I can. Definitely an amazing novel if you're a fan of this genre, and a good starting point for those wanting to take the first steps into the thriller/crime novel space.

A former Australian police officer, now a private investigator, crosses paths with an old nemesis while looking for his daughter. Unfortunately, some ruffians with Russian mafia connections are also looking for her.

I really wanted to like this book, and for the first half or so, I did. But it became repetitive when the daughter, who was supposed to be in town for just a short time, kept having to delay her departure from Australia. And then the whole cycle would start over of with the detective and his team trying to out maneuver the Russian mafia and their team, each using CCT cameras around the city to track their target. It felt a bit like 'Groundhog Day' where the same thing happens day after day. There are some interesting twists, but not enough to prevent me from skipping the last third of the book to get to the end, because I really did want to know if the girl got out of it alive.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Exactly what it says on the label, not a literary masterpiece but a fast and entertaining book. Good plot and characters, but the action is like in a bad movie.