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Head of Zeus
The Riot Act
The Riot Act: A gripping London thriller from international bestseller J.S. Monroe by J.S. Monroe

'An exciting talent' VAL MCDERMID.
The ferocious crime thriller debut from the bestselling author of FORGET MY NAME.

A man vows revenge on the terrorists who murdered his girlfriend. When he's approached by MI5 to track down the killers, he's taken deep into London's trading rooms, where mayhem reigns... An edge-of-your-seat crime thriller, from the international bestseller J.S. Monroe.

'Dutchie' is a dreadlocked street-fighting anarchist, living with his girlfriend on a houseboat in South London. When Annalese is killed in a bomb blast on Oxford Street, Dutchie vows revenge. But things take an unexpected turn when Dutchie is approached by MI5 to track down the terrorists responsible, taking Dutchie into the dealing rooms of the City, which trades in its own brand of mayhem... THE RIOT ACT is taut, dark, and impossible to put down.

'A darkly sparkling new millennial crime thriller' SUNDAY TIMES.

'The most off-beat hero of the year is a fully-fledged street-fighting anarchist... The book is violently politically correct and amoral, but written with real power' DAILY TELEGRAPH.

Head of Zeus * Crime Fiction
13 Nov 2018 * 288pp * £4.99 * 9781788548632
REVIEWS
'A darkly sparkling millennial crime thriller'
The Sunday Times
The most off-beat hero of the year is a fully fledged street-fighting anarchist... Violently politically correct and amoral, but written with real power'
Daily Telegraph
'An exciting talent'
Val McDermid
Author
J.S. Monroe
J.S. Monroe
J.S. Monroe read English at Cambridge, worked as a foreign correspondent in Delhi, and was Weekend editor of the Daily Telegraph in London before becoming a full-time writer. His psychological thriller Find Me became a bestseller in 2017, and, under the name Jon Stock, he is also the author of five spy thrillers. He lives in Wiltshire, with his wife and children.
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Find Me
Forget My Name
The India Spy
The Other You
The Man on Hackpen Hill
No Place to Hide
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