Cold Justice: The Sunday Times bestselling thriller (Mallory)

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Reluctantly, as he has never done anything like this before, he agrees to try and help her find him. It moves at breakneck pace, and although fearless yet broken protagonist Mallory is in a position so far removed from the world most of us know, Middleton manages to make him both relatable and respectable. I was expecting it to be pretty shallow, not particularly well written, and to give up after a few chapters.

You feel for this broken man, who is bearing an unbearable guilt that he has no way of unloading, although a quick punch up in the local bar, helps a little. The description of each place is excellent, really well detailed and you feel like you could be there. Ant Middleton’s previous self-help books have mostly been self-congratulatory exercises in money-making, and now this book is his first foray into novel writing.

We move backwards and forwards in the timeline to Afghanistan and then back to the present time outlining what went wrong during Hell Hour. Yes, there are times that his ability to evade the baddies seems a little exaggerated, especially as the majority of it is completed single handed, and the folks he is up against aren't exactly amateurs.

Ant Middleton is an interesting person; he was the frontman for Channel 4’s hit show: ‘SAS: Who dares wins’ and is the author of several bestselling nonfiction books based on his own experiences during his career in the armed forces where he achieved what is known as the ‘Holy Trinity’ of the UK’s Elite Forces, having served in the Special Boat Service, the Royal Marines and 9 Parachute Squadron Royal.

This was a solid read, with action spread over three continents, a believable plot and interesting enough characters. One day Donnos mother asks him to help her find Donnos brother who went missing in South Africa a few weeks earlier. Mallory is reluctant to take on such a daunting task, but he almost immediately recognises that it is possibly his one and only chance to gain a little redemption as Donno was one of the colleagues who was injured on the battlefield thanks to Mallory’s operational shortcomings and bad judgement. It’s here: the landmark debut thriller from superstar Ant Middleton, million-selling, number one Sunday Times author of First Man In and Mental Fitness and star of SAS: Who Dares Wins. We follow Mallory across three continents as he races to discover the truth and save his friend's family.

Ant's latest release, 'The Wall,' published in September 2022, further solidifies his literary acclaim.Ant proudly serves as an ambassador for Garmin UK, representing their commitment to excellence and innovation in the field of navigation and outdoor gear. Six months ago when the hero of the story Mallory and his team are making plans to enter a compound where they have information that Anwar Salim an enemy commander will be holding a meeting with Omar Massoud one of his top men.

It's dark, gritty and nail-biting with high stakes and increasingly palpable suspense that cannot fail to give you palpitations. If you like action thrillers, then this is definitely one you should be adding to your reading list. Mallory is the kind of man that is so sure of his capabilities and masculinity that doesn't need to put others down and that is sadly unusual in a lot of thrillers.

His four non-fiction bestsellers—'First Man In,' 'The Fear Bubble,' 'Zero Negativity,' and 'Mental Fitness'—have all achieved Sunday Times Best Seller status, earning him the prestigious gold status at the Nielsen Awards. Although spaced carefully throughout the book, the chapters give a real insight into the man and the tragedy that haunts him. Drawing on the author's own combat experience, there is a real air of authenticity about the story, especially the scenes that recount the final fatal mission that changes Mallory and Donno's fates forever. I ended up thoroughly enjoying this book as Mallory takes up the request from his badly injured Special Forces colleague's mother to find out what has happened to her other son.