Joe Hunter Books In Order

Dead Men’s Dust

The electrifying debut of ex military officer and all around tough guy Joe Hunter, who is on the trail of his missing and estranged brother…
and the madman who may have taken him

Joe Hunter solves problems. Or, as he likes to put it, he’s ‘the weapon sent in when all the planning is done and all that’s left is the as*s kicking.’ And as a former military operative and ex CIA agent, he’s good at what he does. But when he’s told that his brother with whom he hasn’t been on the best of terms has disappeared, he learns that everything he’s faced before is child’s play compared to what’s coming.

Tubal Cain is a killer smart, stealthy, and arrogant but he’s also sentimental. His most precious possession is the set of knives he uses, and when one of them his favorite Bowie is stolen along a deserted stretch of highway, Cain will stop at nothing to get it back.

Unfortunately for Hunter, the thief is his brother, a man who has been on the run from his own mis takes but is now in the crosshairs of a seriously deranged man. To find his brother, Hunter must find Cain, and the chase takes all three men on a hair raising journey across the country to a barren spot in the American Southwest, where bones have become nothing more than Dead Men’s Dust.

With its cinematic pacing, nonstop thrills, and strong, charismatic hero, Dead Men’s Dust introduces Matt Hilton as a powerful and irresistible new voice in thriller fiction.

Judgement and Wrath

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 that the man who hired him is looking for more than protection for his daughter. One thing Hunter has never been, and never will be, is a killer for hire. As it turns out, the vengeful father isn’t the only one who wants the boyfriend dead. Soon Hunter is face to face with a contract killer who takes his work very seriously. Dantalion has a talent for killing and keeps a list of his victims in a book chained to his waist. Each victim is numbered. And the body count is about to start rising…
Praise for DEAD MEN’S DUST:’A dose of pure rocket fuel. Starts fast, gets faster, and doesn’t quit right through to the slam bang finale. Dead Men’s Dust is as enjoyable a thriller as you will read this year, and I do mean ‘Thriller!’ My ears are still ringing with gunfire! I loved this book.’ Christopher Reich, author of RULES OF DECEPTION 20080929 ‘Taut, thrilling, tense I loved it!’ Richard Hammond 20080929 ‘Hard hitting and fast paced, I was hooked from start to finish’ Simon Kernick 20080929 Matt Hilton worked for twenty two years in private security and the police force in Cumbria. He is a 4th Dan blackbelt and coach in Ju Jitsu. He lives in Cumbria with his wife and son.

Slash and Burn

Joe Hunter uses the skills he perfected with the CIA and in Special Ops to solve problems. But his sojourn in Florida is recreational…
until a beautiful, desperate woman walks into his life. Kate Piers wants Hunter to help her find her missing sister. But there are several things Hunter doesn t know…
Like the fact that the sister crossed a very bad man a millionaire sad*ist who likes doing the wetwork himself. Or that the maniac has serious connections to the underworld…
and runs a private army with enough firepower to blow a gaping hole through the heart of Texas. When a violent encounter with a pair of twin killers in the Kentucky hills results in Kate’s capture, Hunter realizes there ll be no backing down, no matter how badly the odds are stacked against him. There s a debt to be repaid and vengeance to be had…
and when his scorched earth campaign is over, there won t be anything left to burn.

Cut and Run

Ex CIA and Special Ops, Joe Hunter made a lot of enemies during his covert career but none worse than the powerful man he left for dead in South America. Now, seven years later, someone with Hunter’s face has embarked on a horrific killing spree in Florida. Suddenly, people closely connected to the former military operative turned problem solver are dying and when two cops who stop him for questioning are taken out by a sniper s bullets, Hunter finds himself on the run from the legitimate author ities…
and a killer s vengeance. With nowhere to hide except in the coldblooded mercenary world of wetwork specialists, Hunter knows he faces a blood storm unlike any he s encountered before one that will force him to confront the damning shadows of his past as he fights, tooth and nail, for survival…
and payback.