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A Good Day to Die: A Novel (Dennis Milne) Kindle Edition

by Simon Kernick (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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When Dennis Milne--now living under an assumed identity in the Philippines--hears that his old friend and colleague Malik has been gunned down in a restaurant, he decides to go back to the violent city he once called home and bring the murderer to justice. Milne arrives in a pre-Christmas London that is cold and hostile. But he is no longer a policeman; no longer charged with keeping the peace and upholding the law. Although his old friends at the King's Cross station do not know that Milne is back in town, it soon becomes clear that his arrival has been expected by men who are after his blood. Hungry for revenge and determined to uphold his own very rough brand of justice, Milne searches for the person behind his friend's demise--and leaves a trail of death and destruction more wide-reaching than even he could have expected.

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    Dennis Milne
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    September 19, 2006
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Kernick (The Crime Trade) blurs the line between the right and wrong sides of justice in his fourth novel, a tense tale about a British cop turned vigilante-for-hire. Det. Sgt. Dennis Milne fled London for the Philippines after murdering innocent men he mistook for scumbags. Three years later, after changing his name to Mick Kane, he earns a living in Sabang Bay offing bad guys for pay; his latest target is a familiar London snitch who's wanted back in England for killing Milne's friend, Det. Asif Malik. Hungry for further vengeance, Milne risks his freedom and returns to London to track down others connected to Malik's murder. Milne re-examines the case Malik was investigating, sets up a meeting with a crime boss and gets ambushed for his troubles. From then on, Milne barely stays a step ahead of death. Though uneven at times, this action-packed page-turner will earn Kernick new followers. (Sept.)
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*Starred Review* Fans of Kernick's stellar debut (The Business of Dying,2003) will hail the return of pragmatic disgraced copper Dennis Milne to the series after a two-book hiatus. With a new face and a new name (Mick Kane), Milne is now incognito in the Philippines as a hotelier, dive instructor, and reluctant hit man, who kills only those who deeply deserve it, such as a homicidal pedophile on holiday, or the slippery fellow killer-for-hire who did in his old partner, Asif Malik. Returning to London to hunt down those responsible for Malik's death, Milne eases onto the brutal streets and into his old ways with all the relish of tucking into a plate of chips, a pint of bitter, and a pub brawl. Milne's arrival has been anticipated, and the tension doesn't let up for a single page as he dodges a nasty array of potential captors and killers, teaming with a comely journalist to go after very big bottom-feeders. Kernick spins a nonstop mystery thriller, leavening the grimy noir with a renegade hero every bit as likable as Spenser and as tough as Hawk. A good book for a breakthrough and a sure bet for fans of gritty Brits and hard-boiled thrills from Ken Bruen to Ian Rankin to Michael Connelly. David Wright
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AEECJ92
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minotaur Books (September 19, 2006)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 19, 2006
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 745 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • Chris Speight
    5.0 out of 5 stars a great
    Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2014
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    Fast paced, well thought out, a great read
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  • D.V. KOKKINOS
    4.0 out of 5 stars A hard dark novel
    Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2014
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    .The world is a hard dark place according to the Author. In the Jungle of big cities and in this case London,the Hero,a renegade policeman and contract killer tries to fight crime,yes fight crime,and dispense his own justice as he understands it.
    Avoiding moral judgement,this is a very well written novel,with many twists and turns,sharply sketched characters,an original plot and tons of violence with blood flowing freely. It is happening in crime-infested London where the Police cannot stem the flood anymore,or sometimes are part of it.
    The personality of the Hero is intriguing in its mixture of good and evil in his fight against a paedophile ring and to revenge the assassination of an ex colleague,the descriptions of the shadier parts of London and their inhabitants is fascinating in their vivid detail and the denouement is original and unexpected. This is not an Agatha Christie crime story. It is more as if Bram Stoker took to writing police thrillers.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dennis the menace
    Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2014
    I love Dennis milnes attitude he's good then he's bad then he's good again
    Very good story very good characters and very descriptive writing loved it I did
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  • Boomer49
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read
    Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2012
    This book moves quickly and is easy to read. Solid characters and tough situations abound here. A large dollop of mystery covers all. Nice to have the main guy not be an unbeatable superhero.
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  • Serge Pesic
    4.0 out of 5 stars 4,5 stars
    Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2015
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    Thrillers are not my favorite crime novels. I prefer convoluted, slowly unraveling puzzles with complex characters. Even so, Simon Kernick is a master of modern thriller. He puts just a right amount of meat on the bones of this story. The plots are exciting, but reasonably logical, and he doesn't overdo the twist madness that so many thriller writers these days do, Harlan Coben, for example. This is a fun, but intelligent thriller, and needless to say, without fail, I buy every book this man writes.
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  • Linda French
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not great literature, but worth reading on the beach.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2016
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    Ex-cop returns to England where he's a wanted man and could face a prison sentence in order to revenge the murder of a friend. His story is interesting, a good quick read.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars fine thriller
    Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2006
    In London Detective Sergeant Dennis Milne was known to straddle the legal line when it comes to the sleaze of the city. However, he crosses totally over when he kills a thug; however, besides taking justice in his own hands, the victim turns out to not have been involved with the crime that led Dennis to him. In other words he used excessive force to kill an innocent person. Knowing he would be convicted of the murder, Dennis flees his home country for Asia finally taking residence in the Philippines.

    Three years later, Dennis Milne no longer exists; instead Mick Kane earns a living as a vigilante bounty hunter for hire in Sabang Bay. His targets are nasty killers who beat the system. His current assignment is personal as he seeks revenge by killing a Londoner whose actions back home led to the homicide of a friend from his copper days, Detective Asif Malik. To complete his mission means sneaking back into London and hunting down the others.

    Milne is a fascinating anti-hero whose ethics propels him to risk his freedom and perhaps his life to avenge his friend while readers will wonder whether he is a champion or a brute. The story line is so action-packed, fans will read it in one sitting, but the adversaries remain somewhat caricatures. Still readers will devour Simon Kendrick's fine thriller in one good reading day.

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  • MartyG
    4.0 out of 5 stars What is justice?
    Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2022
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    The Christian idea of providence is that God can use secondary causes (good or bad) to bring about His purposes. While this is not a Christian book, I couldn't help but think of providence.
    Milne is a decent man with a broken past and stumbling in the present. In the end, he simply wants to do the right thing.
    Kernick did a solid job of mixing the two aspects of light and dark - even though it seemed somewhat murky at times. I'll be interested in book 3 to see where the character develops from here.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, a real page turner
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2023
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    Dennis Milne is probably my favourite Kernick character, and this sees him make a welcome return.
    Great plot with plenty of twists.
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  • Margaret Steacy
    5.0 out of 5 stars good book
    Reviewed in Canada on January 7, 2021
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    this was a great read and I truly enjoyed it
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  • sbarth
    5.0 out of 5 stars Kurzweiliges Entertainment!
    Reviewed in Germany on April 16, 2014
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    Liest sich super und der Charakter ist irgendwie so menschlich. Kann ich nur empfehlen! Macht Sinn den ersten Teil (The Business of Dying) zuerst zu lesen.
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  • A. MacKlin
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good day to read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2012
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    Simon Kernick's second book about Dennis Milne sees him comfortable running a small business far away from the hassles of London, but inevitably draws him back in all too quickly. That is the basic premise of the book, and if you have already emotionally invested in the character from the first book then you will welcome this. The character is a gritty sort of moralist that essentially passes judgement on others, and then punishes them by his own code of conduct - "DON'T come under his scrutiny" is the best advice I could give someone.
    The second book maintains the character of Milne, but also the sordid realism that the first book is encased in. Without giving much away, I can tell you that he again goes after bad men (as he sees them), but this time the story picks up more importance when the reader realises what kind of things the bad characters get up to. The anti-hero becomes the hero in this case, for no matter how much darkness and sin the brooding Milne carries around within himself, he is the lightest and happiest of characters when compared to his quarry. A good book, and in many ways a more complete book than the first ...therefore perhaps a better book.
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  • wrede_anne
    5.0 out of 5 stars alles bestens
    Reviewed in Germany on January 12, 2012
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    schnelle lieferung, alles hat gut geklappt. ich bin sehr zufrieden. dem gibt es eigentlich nichts mehr hinzuzufügen. verkäufer kann ich weiterempfehlen.
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