Slash and Burn - Softcover

High-octane action - THE CANBERRA TIMES a chilling roller-coaster ride - WHO WEEKLY Hot, blood-spattered and unrepentantly hard-hitting, Dead Men s Dust is a pleasing debut thriller by Matt Hilton. - The Independant Weekly lots of action, lots of blood...exciting - Gold Coast Bulletin A roller-coaster ride from start to finish. Prediction: Look out for Daniel Craig in a film adaptation before long. - THE COURIER-MAIL 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 Taut, thrilling, tense - I loved it! - Richard Hammond Hard-hitting and fast-paced, I was hooked from start to finish - Simon Kernick

Joe Hunter is enjoying some much needed R & R when a young woman approaches him to help find her missing sister. Kate Piers knows about Joe from her dead brother Jake, Hunter's former comrade in arms, and for that reason alone he feels obliged to help. The fact that Kate is very attractive doesn't hurt. Together they go to Imogen's Kentucky home where they are immediately attacked by a bunch of thugs, acting on behalf of local businessman Robert Huffman. Huffman is outwardly respectable but the psychotic twins he uses as his enforcers give the game away: he has links to organised crime and a deadly reputation with a blade. Huffman is also looking for Imogen, and kidnaps Kate to act as bait. Looks like Joe is in trouble again...