Short Story Collections

Three short but fast-paced, action-packed tales featuring DIRK RAMM are collected here for your enjoyment. From the bestselling thriller author of the Joe Hunter series comes a new man of action. Dirk Ramm is harder-than-nails; he’s a master of armed and unarmed combat; and he has his sheath of steel. Tough guys fear him; women desire him. For fans of gloriously over the top action adventure, here’s the hero you’ve been waiting for. Praise for Matt Hilton’s Joe Hunter thriller series: “Sharp and hard hitting… Fast-paced, action-filled and completely addictive… an exhilarating ride that still maintains humour and wit.” (www.shotsmag.co.uk) “A fantastic tale of ‘derring do’… The prose is Lycra tight.” (www.crimesquad.com) “A thrill-a-thon book that packs in more action than all three hit Bourne films rolled into one. He's coming up on the tail of Lee Child and stellar creation Jack Reacher. . . It's a wham, bam, bone-crunching treat!” (Alex Gordon, Peterborough Evening Telegraph) “Roars along at a ferocious pace...” (Observer) “Hilton's action scenes are his strongest suit and he uses them to very good advantage in this book.” (reviewingtheevidence.com) “Matt Hilton delivers a thrill a minute. Awesome!” (Chris Ryan) “Hilton hijacks the reader on page one of this white knuckle terror ride - and doesn't let go.” (Daily Record) “Hard-hitting and fast-paced, I was hooked from start to finish.” (Simon Kernick) “Taut, thrilling, tense - I loved it!” (Richard Hammond) “Vicious, witty and noir. Hilton is a sparkling new talent.” (Peter James) “Electrifying.” (Daily Mail) “Action-packed from start to finish.” (Heat) “Matt Hilton delivers another hardcore, action-packed gritfest featuring a cold-blooded killer with a heart of gold.” (Daily Record) “Packs the pace and action to make it a highly relishable read.” (Sport) “Matt Hilton delivers a house-burning, body-slamming car crash of violence. Give it a go, you won’t regret it’ (The Sun)

Seven short historical crime fiction stories of murder, mystery and mirth, featuring Detective Inspector Carlton, set against the backdrop of the First World War to commemorate 100 years since the inception of Carlisle's State Management experiment when the government nationalised our pubs in an effort to curb disorder caused to some extent by the over imbibing of ‘demon drink’ by workers from the nearby munitions factory at Gretna (who were concocting the ‘devil’s porridge’ of nitro-glycerine and gun-cotton).