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Judgement and Wrath
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Joe Hunter Thriller: Book 2

Judgement and Wrath (2009) (edit title/settings)

by Matt Hilton (Author) (edit contributors)

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The second thriller in the Joe Hunter series - Hodder's major fiction launch of 2009|'Some call me a vigilante. I think I've just got problems to fix.' Joe Hunter doesn't like bullies. So his latest job - saving a young woman from her bully boyfriend - is a no-brainer. Hunter's only worry is... read more

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Dantalion is a great and mighty Duke of Hell. He knows the thoughts of all men and women and can change them at will. He is one of the Fallen, the angels that were expelled from Heaven and exiled to Hades. The Book of Enoch, in a quote from the Boneless Ritual, states: “The thunders of... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Dantalion is a great and mighty Duke of Hell. He knows the thoughts of all men and women and can change them at will. He is one of the Fallen, the angels that were expelled from Heaven and exiled to Hades. The Book of Enoch, in a quote from the Boneless Ritual, states: “The thunders of judgment and wrath are numbered.”

This explains where author Matt Hilton obtained the title for this exciting new action novel. It also indicates why the seemingly indestructible assassin, who calls himself Dantalion, keeps a book constantly attached to his person that is filled with numbers that only he can decipher. These numbers represent those that he has killed in the name of the Dark Lord and his latest mission now puts him directly in the path of Private Investigator, Joe Hunter and his partner, Rink.

Hunter has his own agenda. He feels that men who hurt women are only a step lower on the ladder of shame than those who hurt children and that there is sometimes no distinction between the two. He believes himself to be more than a P.I. or hired muscle and sees his role as vigilante for those who have been unjustly wronged. When he is approached in a seedy Florida bar by the father of a young woman named Marianne Dean, he is moved by the photos he is shown of the man’s daughter allegedly beaten and humiliated by her millionaire boyfriend, Bradley Jorgensen.

Hunter sets out under an assumed name and plants himself in the summer cottage next door to the one occupied by Marianne and Bradley. He strikes up a quick conversation with her and tries to glean some information from her as to whether or not she is a victim of abuse being held against her will. Surprisingly, Hunter’s initial reaction is that this is a woman in full command of herself who is willingly staying with her new boyfriend. Unfortunately, Bradley Jorgensen has many enemies who want his share of his family fortune and some of them may be his own cousins. When Marianne and Bradley’s summer house is shot up by Dantalion in an act of annihilation, Hunter must use all of his British Special Forces training to extract them from this deadly event.

Such starts this ball-of-fire moving forward, and the pace never lets up! Matt Hilton is an expert in martial arts with a career in private security for the Cumbria police department in the U.K. and all of his experience and knowledge is brought to bear within the pages of

JUDGMENT AND WRATH. Joe Hunter is a character reminiscent of the tough-guy
P.I.’s in the genre today --- like Harlan Coben’s Joe Pike & Elvis Cole and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher. When Hunter and Rink finally cross paths with Dantalion things explode and they are at a loss to figure out what Dantalion’s agenda is, who is paying him to assassinate Marianne and Bradley and if there is any weakness to exploit in efforts to defeat him.

This book grabs you by the jugular and never lets go. A finale that takes place in the swampy marshes of south Florida is the perfect setting for an epic battle between good and evil, the anointed and the fallen. Hilton is a new writer with amazing depth and ability and the Hunter and Rink characters are definitely worthy of their own series of novels. Here’s hoping our paths cross again!

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Caitlin Moore opened the door to her living room and stepped into Hell.

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Prologue

1 - 46

Acknowledgements and Thanks

Curriculum Vitae - Joe Hunter

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This is book 2 of 8 in Joe Hunter Thriller. (standard series)

Preceded by Dead Men's Dust, and followed by Slash and Burn.

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  1. Matt Hilton (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: October 15, 2009
ISBN: 0340978244
Page Count: 320

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