Professional Critique
Imagine a perfect life being dissolved in an instant. Your career destroyed, your spouse killed and your family threatened. Now think about what you would do if you had a background marked by a specific skill set, one that involved guns, tactics, subterfuge – and the law. You’d want to seek justice, wouldn’t you?

What follows is a series of events that unfold at breakneck pace.

Mark King certainly does. The protagonist of P.S. Bridge’s Hit is a pretty cool customer; though he’s a very human one. During the book he gets wrapped up in a criminal syndicate which ruins his life. And what a life he has – hotshot lawyer, nice house, pretty wife, two kids...

Unfortunately for the bad guys, Mark has quite the background. He was a Sandhurst dropout and an elite sniper in the British Army. Poking the hornets’ nest may not be the brightest thing the evil Invictus Advoca organisation have tried, but damn, it makes for some fun reading.

There are some curious constructs to this action-thriller. One involves the changes that Mark goes through from ace attorney to hardened killer. It’s an exciting journey, and it’s one full of energetic excitement. Still, throughout the work, Mark never loses sight of his humanity, often questioning his inner thoughts through the presentation of expansive internal dialogue. Drinking scotch and smoking cigarettes, Mark copes in his own ways, always holding on to a sense of self-measure for his actions. This evolution is echoed in a really refreshing way.

I’m tired of fiction that presents the ‘perfect’ hero. The one that never misses, whose thoughts are always in check, balanced, resolved. Mark is not of this breed. Not that his skills and deductions aren’t expert, but he is very human. His failure to kill Vose again and again (wounding the hitman on numerous occasions) interjects a hint of slapstick, and in a great symmetry, makes Vose question his own path. There is something... everyman about Mark, but with a clear delineation marking his lethality.

The setting and plot are good and simple. The meat here is the action and suspense, and too convoluted a story would ruin the impact. That being said, there are enough twists (and great use of foreshadowing) to keep things fresh. I loved the technological/military slant to the work, with Mark’s high tech gadgets, weapons and secret bunker to boot. In addition, there is ample room for a follow-up, which is alluded to at the conclusion.

Hit is also capably written in easy, cinematic prose. I enjoyed Hit. It had equal parts pathos and logic, all mixed in with a man’s journey, both figurative and literal. Mark is vividly portrayed in this kind of hyper-focus that keeps the reader interested. Complementing this, the plot, settings and locations work in a harmony that belies how meticulously it was prepared and thought out. This is fun action – suspenseful, meaningful and hell-bent on revenge. Who doesn’t love a story of retribution?



Amazon 5 * Review
This is the first book in the Mark King Series and I found it full of twists and turns. A man called Mark King wants to get revenge on whoever has sent his life into turmoil and killed his wife. It could be to do with his job but no one knows just yet. He needs to find out who killed his wife and why someone wants him dead. He has a hit list of people and he wants them dead. I loved reading about the way he sets up base and how he kills off each person differently. It is a fairly quick read and one I could not put down. The ending was brilliant. I look forward to the next book.

Twitter Review
'Bond, with an attitude!'