It would be making a understatement if you said that middle aged graphic designer and father of one Emersen Rabette was having a bad week.In fact he is having the week from hell.It all started when he was forced to travel on the underground train after he was involved in a terrifying car accident. Then his obsessive compulsive disorder kicked in and he almost left behind his briefcase. The one that contained the vital paperwork that he needed for the important meeting that he was travelling to. Thankfully a young woman called Winter returned his briefcase and offered to help him reach his destination.
Only from that moment onwards Emerson finds himself living out a real life James Bond plot. Both him and Winter find themselves on the run seemingly being pursued by a strange bunch of characters including a soldier,a bald women in a hat covered with artificial fruit and a man with a purple goatee beard.
Why are there people apparently chasing him? Who can he trust? And what happens once Rabette runs out of places to run to?
This rip roaring adventure opens with a breath taking car accident that is described in such much detail that you could close your eyes and visualise the scene. The sounds of tearing metal and shattering glass,the smell of leaking fuel which could ignite and turn your prison into a funeral pyre at any moment. Rabette's fear as he struggled to free himself and his daughter Jamie. I thought Rabette was a fantastic character and really enjoyed witnessing his character evolve as the story unfolded. I loved his sense of humour and love/hate interactions with Winter and Tank both of whom were also wonderful characters but could Rabette really trust either of them or were they manipulating him for their own gain. Could he really trust anyone? Who was telling the truth? Was any of the events and people that he encountered real or was his paranoia messing with his head?
Rabette Run is a fast paced,action packed adventure that had chases,lots of explosions,espionage,intrigue and a woman on a white horse and a man with a tank. The main character was a very likeable individual who you spent the whole book routing for and then you got to the heart breaking conclusion and were left with a big lump in your throat and trying very hard not to cry. The author writes about the sensitive subject of mental health with care and compassion. I really enjoyed this book and would happily read more of this author's books in the future.
AUTHOR BIO
NICK RIPPINGTON is the award-winning author of the Boxer Boys series of gangland crime thrillers.
Based in London, UK, Nick was the last-ever Welsh Sports Editor of the now defunct News of The World, writing his debut release Crossing The Whitewash after being made redundant with just two days notice after Rupert Murdoch closed down Europe’s biggest-selling tabloid in 2011.
On holiday at the time, Nick was never allowed back in the building, investigators sealing off the area with crime scene tape and seizing his computer as they investigated the phone-hacking scandal, something which took place a decade before Nick joined the paper. His greatest fear, however, was that cops would uncover the secrets to his Fantasy Football selections.
Handed the contents of his desk in a black bin bag in a murky car park, deep throat style, Nick was at a crossroads – married just two years earlier and with a wife and 9-month-old baby to support.
With self-publishing booming, he hit on an idea for a UK gangland thriller taking place against the backdrop of the Rugby World Cup and in 2015 produced Crossing The Whitewash, which received an honourable mention in the genre category of the Writers’ Digest self-published eBook awards. Judges described it as “evocative, unique, unfailingly precise and often humorous”.
Follow-up novel Spark Out, a prequel set at the time of Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands War, received a Chill With A Book reader award and an IndieBRAG medallion from the prestigious website dedicated to Independent publishers and writers throughout the world. The novel was also awarded best cover of 2017 with Chill With A Book.
The third book in the Boxer Boys series Dying Seconds, a sequel to Crossing The Whitewash, was released in December 2018 and went to the top of the Amazon Contemporary Urban Fiction free charts during a giveaway period of five days. A digital box set, the Boxer Boys Collection, came out in September last year.
On holiday at the time, Nick was never allowed back in the building, investigators sealing off the area with crime scene tape and seizing his computer as they investigated the phone-hacking scandal, something which took place a decade before Nick joined the paper. His greatest fear, however, was that cops would uncover the secrets to his Fantasy Football selections.
Handed the contents of his desk in a black bin bag in a murky car park, deep throat style, Nick was at a crossroads – married just two years earlier and with a wife and 9-month-old baby to support.
With self-publishing booming, he hit on an idea for a UK gangland thriller taking place against the backdrop of the Rugby World Cup and in 2015 produced Crossing The Whitewash, which received an honourable mention in the genre category of the Writers’ Digest self-published eBook awards. Judges described it as “evocative, unique, unfailingly precise and often humorous”.
Follow-up novel Spark Out, a prequel set at the time of Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands War, received a Chill With A Book reader award and an IndieBRAG medallion from the prestigious website dedicated to Independent publishers and writers throughout the world. The novel was also awarded best cover of 2017 with Chill With A Book.
The third book in the Boxer Boys series Dying Seconds, a sequel to Crossing The Whitewash, was released in December 2018 and went to the top of the Amazon Contemporary Urban Fiction free charts during a giveaway period of five days. A digital box set, the Boxer Boys Collection, came out in September last year.
Now Nick, 60, is switching direction feeling that, for the moment, the Boxer Boys series has run its course. His latest novel, Rabette Run, will be released in the Spring and Nick says, ‘It is a gritty psychological thriller with twists and turns galore. Think Alice in Wonderland with tanks and guns.’
Married to Liz, When Nick isn’t writing he works as a back bench designer of sports pages on the Daily Star. He has two children – Jemma, 37, and Olivia, 9.
Married to Liz, When Nick isn’t writing he works as a back bench designer of sports pages on the Daily Star. He has two children – Jemma, 37, and Olivia, 9.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:
Website: www.theripperfile.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/buckrippers
Twitter:@nickripp
Instagram: @nickrippingtonauthor
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/buckrippers
Twitter:@nickripp
Instagram: @nickrippingtonauthor
Where to find Nick’s books…
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PUBLICATION DATE: 21st February 2020
PRINT LENGTH: 335 Pages
PUBLISHER: Cabrilon Books
ASIN: BO84D3TT36
GENRE: Espionage Thriller
PRINT LENGTH: 335 Pages
PUBLISHER: Cabrilon Books
ASIN: BO84D3TT36
GENRE: Espionage Thriller
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Thanks so much Nicki for being on the blog tour today x
ReplyDeletePleasure as always,Sarah xx
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