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DEADLY IMPASSE (Jack Calder Crime Series #5) Kindle Edition

4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 88 ratings

The team at specialist security firm, International Security Partners (ISP), ex-SAS officers, Jack Calder and his mate Malky McGuire; Jack’s Asian wife, former Anti-Triad fighter, May-Ling; and former London Serious Crimes Squad commander, Donnie Mullen, take on international crime barons and people-traffickers.

An explosion in the vaults of a private bank in the calm backwater of Luxembourg links to the shores of Libya and the perils of migrants in the Mediterranean, before crossing continents to drug-running cartels in Central America.

Jack and his ISP squad pitch their lethal black ops skills to combat the callous greed and brutal actions of the syndicates as they move to break the deadly impasse.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M0U7DR8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ SGC PUBLISHING (September 19, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 19, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.6 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 181 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 88 ratings

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SEUMAS GALLACHER escaped from the world of finance twelve years ago, after a career spanning three continents and five decades.

As the self-professed 'oldest computer Jurassic on the planet' his headlong immersion into the dizzy world of eBook publishing opened his eyes, mind, and pleasure to the joys of self-publishing. As a former businessman, he rapidly understood the concept of a writer's need to 'build the platform', and from a standing start began to develop a social networking outreach, which now tops 60,000 direct contacts.

His first five crime-thrillers, in what has become the 'Jack Calder' series, THE VIOLIN MAN'S LEGACY; VENGEANCE WEARS BLACK; SAVAGE PAYBACK; KILLER CITY; and DEADLY IMPASSE have blown his mind with more than 100,000 e-link downloads to date. He celebrated that landmark with a Fried Mars Bar and a glass of Irn Bru.

As a professional ghostwriter for other people's autobiographies, he decided to write his own life story, 'STRANGELY, I'M STILL HERE', which has garnered much praise from his loyal readership, and he is immensely grateful for their support.

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Customers find the book enjoyable with a heavy dose of human interest and humor. They describe the plot as action-packed, with intrigue and violent shoot-outs. Readers praise the writing quality as good and well-written, with a steady pace. The author is described as talented and the books can be read independently.

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Customers find the book an enjoyable read with a good dose of human interest and humor.

"...I found this book to be an enjoyable read and highly recommend it to all lovers of crime and adventures." Read more

"Suspenseful. Page turner. Very enjoyable." Read more

"...As always, the plot is tight and the tale well told, with a heavy dose of human interest and a good touch of humor." Read more

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Customers enjoy the plot. They find the adventure filled with intrigue, action, and non-stop adventures involving drugs, people trafficking, and drug lords. The plot is tight and well-told, making it suspenseful and enjoyable.

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Customers enjoy the writing quality. They find it well-written and engaging, with a consistent focus. The author is described as talented and knows how to keep readers hooked. Readers appreciate that the novels can be read independently.

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Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2018
    This is the second book I have read in this series out of order. It would make sense to read these books in order but I had no trouble at all getting into the story and characters. Jack Calder is a strong, resilient, tough, no hole barred ex-SAS soldier who will do everything he can to help others. His wife, May-Ling, is a trained fighter in her own right and she helps to run the ISA which is a security and protection agency.

    This crime series is filled with action, non-stop adventures involving drugs, people trafficking, drug lords, and all kinds of trouble for our hero, Jack Calder. Along with his co-hosts, fellow ex-SAS soldiers they band together to get the toughest jobs completed. Many times they need to go black, take no prisoners, in order to finish up their tasks.

    Seamus Gallacher is a talented writer who knows how to keep his readers on the edge of his/her seat and begging for more. He has created a likable character in Jack Calder and surrounded him with other diverse personalities that add to the stories. The author has done his homework on a number of different subjects in order to make this story a believable one.

    I found this book to be an enjoyable read and highly recommend it to all lovers of crime and adventures.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2017
    Suspenseful. Page turner. Very enjoyable.
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2016
    Mr. Gallacher has done it again, another great ride with Jack Calder, May Ling and the rest of the ISP Team. He takes us to three continents, on an adventure filled with intrigue and violent shoot-outs, as the ISP Team go after villains worthy of the name.

    Throughout this and other of Mr. Gallacher's work, one sees a definite demarcation between good and evil, and people who embody these characteristics. As always, the plot is tight and the tale well told, with a heavy dose of human interest and a good touch of humor.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2019
    An interesting read involving a sophisticated security business and equally sophisticated intelligence agencies, working together with skill, focus, and compassion to rid the world of scum. The story moves quickly and steadily, written with a similar focus. You’ll enjoy reading it!
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2016
    My first foray into the adventurous world of Jack Calder and his associates at ISP, and I can guarantee it will not be my last. I read this book from cover to cover in one sitting, mostly because I couldn't bear to put it down...every time I thought to myself just one more chapter, another twist in the tale kept me hanging in there.
    Combining the worlds of international banking and refugee trafficking could be challenging but here two very diverse topics are cleverly tied together in a very timely story given the state of the world today. Following an explosion at a large bank in Luxembourg, the CEO , Francine is persuaded to hire ISP, as it becomes clear that the explosion is just a warning of greater dangers to come.
    This was my first adventure with Jack and Co, and a dangerous but charming bunch of characters they turned out to be. Ex SAS officer Jack is everything you would expect from a hero with his background, and his interplay with his beautiful and clever wife May Ling is a thing of joy, their dialogue has the feel of real affection without being cheesy. Her character, from the little I have seen in this book ,definitely intrigues me and I am hoping to find more of her back story as I read the other books in this series. It's clear Mr Gallacher has an ear for dialect, one of his characters Malky is only described as being Irish, but from his idiomatic speech I had pinned him down to one specific region, and I was thrilled to find I was correct close to the end of the book. Its little authentic details like this that I treasure as a reader, as they make the whole experience more immersive.
    The plot, though at first appearing to be composed of very different elements is seamlessly woven together to give the reader a most satisfying conclusion , after a pacy and thrill filled read.
    Overall I book I would recommend to anyone seeking a well crafted thriller with lots of action, and I know what my next few kindle purchases will be!
    One quick note: Although this is the fifth book in an ongoing series it reads perfectly as a standalone, with any backstory the reader needs deftly filled in without reams of repetitive exposition.
    I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017
    Jack Calder and his high-power security team take on equally high-power international hoodlums. Well, not quite equally; Seumas Gallacher always makes sure the good guys deliver a satisfying smackdown to the bad guys by the end of the book. :D
    The illicit refugee trade preying on the patients in the Libyan field hospital was an interesting angle--sadly real in this day and age.
    5-star entertainment value for an evening read.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018
    Recommended to anyone who wants an engrossing, energetic and fun read. Brad Thor and John Grisham have nothing on Mr. Gallacher.

Top reviews from other countries

  • Diogenes
    5.0 out of 5 stars Who Dares... Continues to Win
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2016
    Alarums and excursions.
    Bombs and bullets.
    Heartache and coffee.
    A satisfying body count.

    Why is Hollywood wasting its time with Jack Reacher when it could be better occupied making Jack Calder films?

    In another cinematic novel - the fifth in the series - ISP once more goes head-to-head with the international bad guys. Under the intelligent, yet compassionate leadership of Mae-Ling, Jack and the boys don their night-vision goggles once more in a series of lightning raids against the forces of inhumanity. The action ranges from the bank vaults of Luxembourg to the beaches of Tunisia where desperate migrants seek Western sanctuary, to the drug factories of Central America, and climaxing in a "going black" raid in Cyprus.

    Seumas Gallacher's page-turners take me back to my early reading days of Hammond Innes and Alastair McLean where morality was more than an empty phrase, and "just deserts" was the satisfying outcome of any well-crafted action adventure. Unlike some series, that peter out after a couple of books, the Jack Calder novels continue their strong and seemingly inexhaustible run.
  • Enrico Grafitti
    5.0 out of 5 stars This series just keeps getting better and better.
    Reviewed in Spain on October 11, 2016
    Often when reading a novel, spurious thoughts filter through my head about the style of the tale. In the case of Seumas Gallacher’s latest, ‘Deadly Impasse’, the fifth in his Jack Calder series, I was struck by a sense of having uncovered a lost treasure – an undiscovered Frederick Forsyth novel, yet with the hard-edged, no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners style that Gallacher’s fans have come to love from his very much twenty-first century thrillers.
    As usual, you won’t find any spoilers here, but author Gallacher takes a no-holds-barred look at refugee-trafficking across the Mediterranean and its possible ties to drug dealersin a tale that will grab the reader from its explosive beginning and not let them breath again until the bad guys get the point.
    Writing a series, especially one as varied and intense as the Jack Calder books, is a challenge which author Gallacher seems to pull off with admirable aplomb, yet in this novel, he marries a truly telling tale told with Forsyth’s depth and understanding of event planning with all the action and excitement any fan of Andy McNab could ever wish for in their wildest dreams. This series just keeps getting better and better.
  • Penny Booth
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilled again, Mr Gallacher! Are you SURE about your own background that you give out as publicity....?
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2016
    Again, and again - this guy writes the material you want to read when you really like the thriller in the modern world. Fast-moving, decent background and believable characters against a background that is, I have to say regretfully, all-too realistic. I have said it before, but you know you want to read something that gives the good chaps a chance, that there is evil and badness in the world, but there has to be some chance for right to prevail. It does not always do so, and you'll not waste your time reading this story but I'm not giving anything away. You can read this without first reading the previous on the series - honestly, you CAN - but you'll want to read the previous when you've read this!
  • Lori L.
    3.0 out of 5 stars Intrigued
    Reviewed in Canada on November 24, 2017
    I thought the book was well written and it did have the suspense in it. I would recommend this book.
  • JumeiraJames
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Corker from the Maestro of Mayhem
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 15, 2017
    Deadly Impasse is a spare, lean, stripped to the bone thriller. No wandering in the foothills for Seamas Gallacher, just a full frontal attack on your senses.
    The co-mingling of the drug trade and people smuggling is handled by Seumas's succinct and deft storytelling to both illuminate and to get the mind racing. His writing style looks simple but that's a deception to draw you deeper into the story where cross and double-cross, mayhem and sudden death lie in wait for the unsuspecting reader.

    Treat yourself to a thrill for the price of a latte and muffin.

    Reading it is like watching a movie in your head.

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