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Where the Wicked Tread: A Mason Collins Crime Thriller 5 Kindle Edition

by John A. Connell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 180 ratings

Nominated for Best E-book Thriller 2022 by International Thriller Writers!

Mason’s trek through Italy will be anything but simple. It will demand blood. It will demand sacrifices. It will tear at his soul.

It is 1947. Mason is on the hunt for the man behind his worst nightmares, the Gestapo commander who, during the war, executed a little girl Mason had sworn to protect. The image of her lifeless body in the blood-stained snow torments him nightly.

Now he has a chance to erase those haunting images. He’s tracked the man to the notorious Italian route for escaping Nazi war criminals. The problem is the man is fleeing justice with several other Nazi fugitives, who are bent on abducting a mysterious woman and her young son.

Mason’s troubles escalate when he agrees to escort the woman and her son to safety, while helping to smuggle a convoy of Jewish refugees down through Italy to a ship awaiting in Naples. Like a pack of wolves, the Nazis nip at the heels of the convoy in order to capture the woman and child. It finally becomes clear that the only way to stop them and get his man is through one final showdown.

Mason is ready to make the ultimate sacrifice for retribution, for forgiveness, to exorcise his demons. Maybe then he can look at the girl in his mind’s eye and find forgiveness. Maybe he can join the love of his life in Naples and truly open his heart to her.

Maybe… but first he has to survive.

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    A Mason Collins Crime Thriller
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  3. Language
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  5. Publication date
    February 10, 2021
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PRAISE FOR JOHN A. CONNELL AND THE MASON COLLINS SERIES

"...this is going to be a must-read series for me." - Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels

"... reminiscent of early-Robert Ludlum, and makes you clamor for more." -- Steve Berry, author of The Templar Legacy and The Bishop's Pawn
"The complicated Mason, who left the Chicago police force in disgrace, makes for a superb, flawed hero, whose compassion for others is augmented by his own demons." Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel

"... a central character I'm sure we'll be reading about for years to come."-- Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest


"... the likes of which we haven't seen since Ludlum or Clancy's first. Yeah. He's that good." --Mysterious Book Report


"... [Mr.] Connell... establishes Mason Collins as a character who should be able to support a long series." --Military.com


"... the period details are absorbing." -- Publishers Weekly

About the Author

John A. Connell writes spellbinding crime thrillers with a historical twist. In addition to his standalone historical thriller, Good Night, Sweet Daddy-O, he writes the post-WW2 Mason Collins series, which follows Mason to some of the most dangerous and turbulent places in the post-World War Two world. The first, Madness in the Ruins, was a 2016 Barry Award nominee, and the series has garnered praise from such bestselling authors as Lee Child and Steve Berry. In a previous life, John worked as a cameraman on films such as Jurassic Park and Thelma and Louise and on TV shows including NYPD Blue and The Practice. Atlanta-born, John spends his time between the U.S. and France.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08WHB5QWD
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nailhead Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.4 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 374 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1950409167
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 5 of 7 ‏ : ‎ A Mason Collins Crime Thriller
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 180 ratings

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John A. Connell

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John A. Connell is a 2016 Barry Award nominee and the author of the Mason Collins series. He was born in Atlanta then grew up in Ohio, New York and Virginia before ending up in Atlanta again at the age of 13. He has a BA in Anthropology, and has been a jazz pianist, a stock boy in a brassiere factory, a machinist, repairer of newspaper racks, and a printing-press operator. He then moved to Los Angeles to work as a motion picture camera operator for film and TV, where he worked as a cameraman on films such as Jurassic Park and Thelma and Louise and on TV shows including NYPD Blue and The Practice. John and his wife spend their time between the U.S. and France.

He is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and International Association of Crime Writers.

John loves to hear from readers, so please feel free to contact him. john@johnaconnell.com

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  • T. V. Archer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Series
    Reviewed in Australia on May 20, 2022
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    I love the fast pace, action pact style of these Mason stories. No boring unnecessary conversations or details. Great sense of humor.
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  • Jacquie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Just finished the Mason Collins book set 1-5
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2021
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    I’ve just finished the 5 book set and am feeling disappointed it had to end. I need to know what happens next does he catch up with Laura, what happens in Palestine and do the refugees make it. I know there are not many happy endings in a war torn Europe but am still hoping for a happy ending for Mason. Captivating, page turners, great stories in an understood back drop.
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