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Vendetta (Rio Way Thriller) Kindle Edition

by Dreda Say Mitchell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 1,146 ratings
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FROM THE BESTSELLING AND CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF SPARE ROOM, GANGLAND GIRLS TRLIOGY and the FLESH AND BLOOD SERIES

Dreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen's 2020 New Year's Honours List

'Dreda Say Mitchell has been flying the flag for crime writing for years' BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other, winner of the Booker Prize 2019

'Breathless from the first word and thrilling to the last' Lee Child

Two murders. Two different crime scenes. One killer?

Mac wakes in a smashed-up hotel room with no recollection of what has happened. With his lover's corpse in the bathroom and the evidence suggesting that he killed her, Mac is on a mission to uncover the truth and find the real killer.

But he's in a race against time with less than a day to unravel the mystery. Still reeling from a personal tragedy Mac isn't afraid of pain. Hot on his heels is tenacious Detective Inspector Rio Wray. Double-crossed and in the line of fire, Mac has to swim through a sea of lies to get to the truth.

But only Mac knows he's been living a double life. Can he be sure he doesn't have the blood of a dead woman on his hands?

Praise for Dreda Say Mitchell:

'Fast-paced, gritty and relentlessly violent expedition into the shadowy world of an undercover operative' Irish Independent

'Awesome tale from a talented writer' Sun

'Fast-paced and full of twists and turns.' Crime Scene Magazine

'Thrilling' Sunday Express Books of the Year

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GET THE NEXT BOOK IN THE SERIES, DEATH TRAP, NOW!

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Breathless from the first word and thrilling to the last

Wonderful vivid writing and a truly original voice.

Dreda Say Mitchell is right up there at the forefront of British crime fiction

'A terrific murder mystery full of twists and turns... here is a writer who knows how to keep you gripped. Fast and furious with all the right ingredients we have drama, suspense, love, betrayal, misunderstanding, false accusations, running from the law and the villains, undercover investigations, sex, identical twins, Eastern European criminals, all peppered with more violence and murder. Wow.'

'Right from the first page I loved this book.. This book is certainly going to be in my top 10 read of 2014. Just brilliant'

'Spanning less than twenty-four hours, this is one of those spellbinding thrillers that literally sucks you in immediately... What Say Mitchell does so marvellously is to give her characters depth amongst the pulsating drama... By the end of the book I was physically exhausted. Vendetta is a fantastic thriller. I suggest you strap in as you are in for a very bumpy and exhilarating ride!'

'Vendetta has one of the best openings I have read in some time... From there on in the action and the questions come thick and fast... the tension increases and your ability to put the book down will disappear. It's a cracking read with genuinely believable characters from troubled Mac, to feisty DI Rio Wray and to those he works for on both sides of his life. There's plenty of legs in these guys too so I'm looking forward to hearing more...'

'Dreda is the female Simon Kernick in my eyes... The book starts as it means to go on. A thriller cannot start slow, and this was action-packed from the word go... Dreda has played a blinder here with twists I just didn't see coming... Highly recommended'

'An extremely well written fast-moving chase thriller, violent yet at the same time intelligently confronting the issues of loyalties and betrayals inevitably raised by undercover activities. Mitchell improves with every book'―The Times

'With this fast-paced, gritty and relentlessly violent expedition into the shadowy world of an undercover operative, Mitchell proves that she can go head-to-head with the best of her male peers in tough-guy action fiction.'―Irish Independent

'VENDETTA IS MAGNIFICENT! ... I tore through it and grudged any time that I had to tear myself away from Mac's world.'

The pace of this relentlessly exciting thriller never falters... Full of guns, explosions, car chases and a terrific twist - it's fast, exciting fun―Sunday Mirror

Vendetta's greatest strength is its fast paced narrative... I'm sure Vendetta will also appeal to fans of Child's Jack Reacher books

About the Author

Dreda Say Mitchell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Spare Room, the Gangland Girls and Flesh and Blood series, as well as the DI Rio Wray thrillers Vendetta and Death Trap. Her debut was awarded the CWA's John Creasey Dagger and she chaired the Harrogate Crime Fiction Festival in 2011. Since her sixth book she has been co-writing with Tony Mason. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio including Question Time, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight, Victoria Derbyshire, The Stephen Nolan Show, Front Row, Woman's Hour and numerous others. She has also presented Radio 4's Open Book. Dreda was named one of Britain's 50 Remarkable Women by Lady Geek in association with Nokia. She was born and raised in the East End of London where she continues to live.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KKFTAXI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hodder & Stoughton (November 6, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 6, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1968 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 404 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Her Majesty The Queen appointed me an MBE in 2020.

Winner of the John Creasey Memorial Dagger, Crime Writers' Association.

‘Breathless from the first word and thrilling to the last.’ Lee Child

‘Great book written by a great girl.’ Martina Cole

Thank you to all my awesome readers – I write for you! I co-write with the amazing Ryan Carter. We write different types of crime books but they all have one thing in common – Strong Women.

I am thrilled to be one of twelve acclaimed and bestselling international female writers contributing a story to a new Miss Marple anthology.

Psychological thrillers: 1) Spare Room, US and UK Kindle Bestseller. 2) Trap Door

Say Her Name Coming April 2022

Big Mo Crime Series 1) Dirty Tricks 2) Fight Dirty 3) Wicked Women

Gangland Girls Series. 1) Geezer Girls 2) Gangster Girl 3) Hit Girls. The trilogy has sold over 150,000 copies.

Flesh and Blood Series 1) Blood Sister 2) Blood Mother 3) Blood Daughter 4) Blood Secrets 5) One False Move – a reading agency quick read short story.

Detective Rio Wray Thriller Series. 1) Vendetta 2) Snatched – e-novella only 3) Death Trap

Several of our books are TV and film development projects.

I’ve been a frequent guest on TV and BBC Radio including Celebrity Pointless, Celebrity Eggheads, BBC Breakfast, Front Row, the Stephen Nolan Show and Saturday Review.

Happy Reading!

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Anne Grant
5.0 out of 5 stars Anne2022
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2022
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Keeps the page turning! I enjoyed this would love to know what happened to Milo and Elena. Why waa Calman fired from the police Department?
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4.0 out of 5 stars suspenseful
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018
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Keeps you in suspense right to the end as to who did it. Would love to know what happens from here on.
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helen hamilton
5.0 out of 5 stars Vendetta
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2019
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Good book very well written with lots of emotion . Lots of mrystery and a very surprising ending that will surprise you,
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Maria
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced thriller set in London
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2014
An enjoyable, fast paced read. An interesting combination of genres, somewhere between detective mystery and international spy thriller. Set in London, the plot involves Russian gangs and the police trying to thwart an escalation of violent gang warfare.
The double crossing and characters with personal agendas playing with their cards close to their chest along with the high body count, gave the book the feel of a spy thriller. I spent most of the book, wondering just who the good guys were and re-evaluating after the many twists and turns.
A slick and polished book, with universal appeal. A great story, well told but I didn't really like any of the characters, except Rio (hence 4 stars).I would have liked to see a lot more of this character.
If the author writes more books for Rio Wray, I'll be buying them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Right good
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2015
This is a real page turner.
The detective Mac is a great character I absolutely loved that he had many flaws and loved his sad story background.
This was full of unexpected surprises which I never saw coming and it was fast paced and extremely well written
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pottsie57
5.0 out of 5 stars Slightly slow start, but then WOW!
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2022
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"Vendetta" is full of action, suspense and a lot of moving pieces. One part of the ending wasn't really a surprise, but the getting there was something else. The very ending though left me wanting another part of the story with a somehow happy ending!
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Mary E. Kilpatrick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2022
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Interesting, fun, exciting. Dramatic at times. Looking forward to reading the next novel. Not light reading, but takes your heart and soul.
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Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting and tense ‘whodunnit’
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2023
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Having woken up in a trashed and unfamiliar hotel room, Mac is alarmed to discover his pillow is soaked in blood from a nasty head wound. Unable to remember what happened or how he got there, he is further shocked to find splatters of blood everywhere and his lover Elena’s corpse slumped in the bath, having been shot in the head at point blank range.

Hearing police sirens outside, and convinced he is being framed, Mac knows he will be the obvious suspect for Elena’s murder if he hangs around. So, to give himself time to prove his innocence, he escapes over the hotel’s roof. From then on it becomes a race against time to discover who really killed Elena before a very determined Detective Inspector Rio Wray hunts him down.

As he swims through a sea of lies and deceit, it is difficult for Mac to know who is telling the truth. The fact he has been leading a secret double life does little to help the situation. Therefore, as the evidence begins to stack up against him, he cannot help wondering if he was the one responsible for Elena’s death all along.

Having read Dreda Say Mitchell’s ‘Trap Door’, I was keen to read another one of her novels. I was not disappointed as ‘Vendetta’ delivered the same tension and intrigue I had previously enjoyed. It is an exciting ‘whodunnit’ crime story, with twists and turns throughout. Not only is the reader presented with several tangible culprits, but the one trying to prove his innocence is also a possible suspect.
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Little Bookness Lane
4.0 out of 5 stars Tense thriller with plenty of pace
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2014
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A fast paced, crime thriller surrounding the dark world of deep undercover police and their involvement within the Russian underground, and someone with a vendetta.

The writing was excellent and chapters are quite clipped, too, which made it really easy to absorb the varying degrees of twists throughout.

So, why only 4 stars? Well, I loved the storyline and strong characters, but toward the end it became a little sensationalised - I appreciate undercover police have to go through some pretty horrendous ordeals in 'real life', but it all got a bit 'James Bond' for me. Such a heck of a lot happened in the space of 24 hours, and there were a fair few modes of transport being used as settings, or a means of escape in the last chapters (boat, plane, train...). Having said that, this book would be absolutely perfect for anyone who relishes a true cat and mouse crime thriller.

If you like a read with lots of intrigue, guns, knives (and perhaps an odd explosion to liven things up just a wee bit more), you'll find this one right up your street.
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TJCooke
5.0 out of 5 stars A thrilling ride...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2014
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If you like an adrenaline read, with plenty of thrills and spills, then read on - because this is like being pushed from the top of a helter-skelter, with a fear of bends.

The author has you captured from the off with an intriguing set up. Man wakes up in downtrodden hotel room and finds a dead body in the bathroom. Not just any dead body either, but the woman he's just spent the night with.
Forensic evidence might suggest that the man [Mac] was involved in an altercation that somehow ended up with him murdering the woman [Elena] - but nothing is quite what it seems...

Is Mac innocent... has he been set up? Either way he isn't keen to hang around, especially as the hotel is about to be swarming with police. Mac decamps - and so begins a quest, from varying perspectives, about who really killed Elena, and why.

Mac is full of moral ambiguities, and as his backstory is revealed we are persuaded to understand his motivations. Whilst a mixture of injustice and curiosity drives him forward, the official lines of enquiry are being conducted by DI Rio Wray. She is career driven to get to the bottom of the mystery, all the more so because she has had to battle doubters along the way.

As the plot entangles with an assortment of the good, the bad and the ugly, we are reminded that one way or another the concept of revenge is key to unravelling all the twists. Some might say a reverse dictum is operating here - by treating them keen to keep them mean.It all builds up to a hell of a climax - one designed to leave you wanting more.

It's a pulsating read at times, some may say far-fetched at others, but it's always intriguing. Compelling characters and brave enough to avoid many of the worn and often-tread crime fiction story paths. Quite simply, a bloody good read.
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Rosfox
3.0 out of 5 stars Vendetta
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2014
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This was a reasonable book but a little far fetched to happen in one day and quite predictable. Sadly it was spoiled for me when the lady officer dressed herself from her neat pile of clothing in the hospital after they had all been cut from her in the attack.........
At least this author,, whose books I enjoy is keeping her prices logical unlike some of my other chosen authors who are now asking ridiculous prices, far more than very well known authors. I shall no longer be buying any of these but will look out for new upcoming authors. The beauty of Amazon is the ability to have cheaper access to lots of books. Good on this author for being sensible.
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marrianne mason
5.0 out of 5 stars BEEN WAITING A WHILE FOR THIS ONE
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2014
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I love Dreda's writing style and am a fully paid up geezerate so I was thrilled and excited to see another Dreda Say Mitchell instalment.
First things first; the change of style and the introduction of a male lead was quite challenging, as I say I love everything about the strong female characters that embodied the Geezer Girls.
The other slight niggle was that there are a plethora of male investigative leads being published at the moment so a complete change would be challenging..... of course I didn't need to worry.
As always Dreda delivered everything and more; a fast and complex plot, believable story lines and true to Dreda's writing she has again given us strong characters that are both likeable and real.
There is only one problem with this book, I genuinely couldn't put it down and as always with Dreda I am left gagging for more!!!!!
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