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The Alamo (John Milton Series Book 11) Kindle Edition

by Mark Dawson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 6,611 ratings
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This standalone thriller is the perfect place to begin the million selling John Milton series.

New York isn’t ready for Britain’s most dangerous ex-assassin…

John Milton has finally found a place to escape the bloodshed: off-season Coney Island. No tourists. No special ops. Just peace and quiet. But when a local boy witnesses a grisly murder, Milton can’t resist investigating.

Milton uncovers a vicious drug kingpin and a group of crooked cops from a notorious precinct known as “The Alamo.” Against such dangerous foes, Milton’s quest for redemption could come to a sticky end.

The eleventh book in the USA Today bestselling John Milton series delivers thrills, action, and twists you just won’t see coming.

“It’s impossible not to think of Lee Child’s super-selling Jack Reacher” - The Times

“The literary sensation you’ve never heard of.” - The Telegraph

"Mark Dawson’s The Alamo is just the kind of thriller I love. A non-stop, grab-you-by-the-throat tale of doing the right thing no matter the odds. Simply excellent." — USA Today bestselling author Brett Battles
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Mark Dawson has worked as a lawyer and now writes full-time. His first books, The Art of Falling Apart and Subpoena Colada, have been published in multiple languages. He is currently writing three series. The John Milton series features a disgruntled assassin who aims to help people make amends for the things that he has done. The Beatrix Rose series features the headlong fight for justice of a wronged mother – who happens to be an assassin – against the six names on her Kill List. Soho Noir is set in the West End of London between 1940 and 1970. Mark lives in Wiltshire with his family.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071K9QPQW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Unputdownable (June 11, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 11, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3504 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 540 pages
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Mark Dawson has worked as a lawyer and in the London film industry. He has sold over six million copies of his propulsive, exciting thrillers and is best known for his John Milton, Beatrix and Isabella Rose and Atticus Priest series.

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Susan1
5.0 out of 5 stars Milton Has an “Aversion to Authority”
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2018
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The Seven Five Precinct in New York City is known as the Alamo. Some of the cops who work there are corrupt, working for an exceptionally scary drug lord named Acosta. When a 13-year-old son, Freddy, of a man Milton meets at an AA meeting finds a dead body, Milton steps in to help him. When Freddy tells Milton one of the men possibly involved in the murder is a cop, the twisted, surprising storyline picks up speed. “Milton was trying hard to be a better man”, but he has isssues besides being a recovering alcoholic. Trouble just seems to find him, no matter where he moves.

The author, Mark Dawson, has written another great, complex story, with lots of detail of New York. With every book it seems we learn a little more about the John Milton character’s tortured soul. I think this book stands alone well, and the stories can be read out of order. “The Alamo” is an engrossing and entertaining read!
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bflowers
4.0 out of 5 stars A Really Fun and Entertaining Read
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2017
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My first Mark Dawson book but certainly not my last. Read the book in less than two days. A really different, interesting, and off the regular beaten path kind of hero. Character development is really well done and they are all fun to get to know. Can't wait to get a couple more of these and sit back in my favorite recliner and be totally entertained.. Buy this book, have some fun, and make sure you do not have to much planned to do when you begin. It's really hard to put it down once you get started.
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W. D. Walls
5.0 out of 5 stars An Exciting Page Turner
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2017
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I agree with other that this is Mark Dawson's best book yet. I've read all his books, most several times and have loved them all but in "Alamo" he ascends to new heights. John Milton has recovered from his last adventure and is in fine form, more emotionally balanced than in some of his previous adventures. He continues working to honor the ninth step in his devotion to AA and the result is an epic adventure where he displays the breadth of training from hs former profession. Regardless where in the world we find Milton, he is excellent at sussing out the territory and making it work to his advantage. A true Brit, he brilliantly uses and old Triumph in a New York winter. It also made me smile to find a previous misadventure in Texas come back to haunt him. This echo provides a wonderful continuity to the Milton sagas.
This is a hard book to put down, the action flows seamlessly and fast. The ending is most satisfying and we leave Milton at peace with himself and the world.
Buying any of Mark Dawson's books will provide you hours of excellent reading and he is at the pinnacle in "The Alamo".
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced action. John Milton is quite a character. He has a good heart.
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2023
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I love the story of John Milton. After reading the first in the series, I was hooked. The books are exciting, full of suspense and never boring. I will slowing work my way through all of them. I've read eleven so far and can't wait to read #12.
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Lee J.
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best stories in the John Milton series.
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2017
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This has got to be one of the best stories in the John Milton series. We find John chilling out both figuratively and literally in Coney island. While out on a run one day . He dives into the surf to rescue girl that turns out to be a Crimean Mob Princess. Who’s father Fedorov, will later prove to be quite valuable later in rescuing a fellow AA member and his 13 year old son.

On returning from a Giants game, John stops in to a rest room and discovers a body and a young boy who had been hiding in a stall, while the crime took place. While they are giving their statements at the local precinct house, the boy recognizes one of the killers from a police recruitment video.

Realizing he is dealing with crooked cops from a notorious precinct know as “The Alamo.” John set to work to figure out how best to protect the boy Freddy and his father Manny. As John looks into the lives of the corrupt cops. He discovers that they are working for the local drug lord, Carlos Acosta. Who John realizes has put out a contract on Manny and Freddy and himself. Because they can identify the killers from the subway bathroom murders.

From there things get really exciting and complicated , as the story and the alliances shake out. This book will have you staying up all night to finish, because you won’t want to put it down.
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Don L. Freeman
4.0 out of 5 stars Back to the top of the form!
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2017
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Mark Dawson is back up to speed with this latest John Milton yarn. John is working as a cook in Coney Island in the winter and does a good deed for a fellow meeting member, but, as you know, "No good deed goes unpunished." It gets him embroiled in with corrupt cops, a dangerous drug king pin, some Crimean's and, yes, some good cops, too. There's plenty of action and plenty of detail planning for action. Although it's winter in the city, John is tooling around a Triumph Bonneville, which warms the cockles of my heart--though he's riding in the cold. If you haven't read any of the John Milton Books (Start at the beginning), he is a retired assassin and is living pretty much off the grid, somewhat like Jack Reacher, but John Milton is quicker and colder than Reacher and, at times, much more believable. Like the other lone-world assassin, Milton is often in trouble with the law so he's always walking on the edge, but he'd a careful and smart fellow and he's sort of at home on the edge. Since John Milton is an Alcoholic, he feels he must do good to make up for his past bad deeds (he's an assassin, remember?). This gives him purpose and motivation for the trouble he gets into. If you like clever, well-told adventure, this is a book for you. Start at the beginning so you'll understand more about John Milton .
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Don Culham
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in Canada on July 2, 2023
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A real interesting story and characters. Non stop action. If you like adventure fiction then you will enjoy this series.
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Ignite
5.0 out of 5 stars Works as a stand alone
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2023
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My first Mark Dawson and I come in part way through a series. Eleventh in this series but a brilliant stand alone. The Alamo is a nickname for a precinct in New York where it's known that some of the police are in the pockets of a drug baron. John Milton gets involved when he comes upon a dead body. This is a totally gripping story with many heart-stopping points. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Clemente Cohen
2.0 out of 5 stars Detalhado demais
Reviewed in Brazil on July 19, 2017
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Muito longo e bastante previsível. Tive que pular muitas páginas. Não comprarei mais livros desta coleção. Não param de pedir mais palavras na avaliação
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Mark O'Neill
5.0 out of 5 stars Mark Dawson's books keep getting better and better.
Reviewed in Germany on June 14, 2017
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I have read all of Mark Dawson's books, and it is my considered opinion that "The Alamo" is the best of the lot. With each new book, Mark exceeds expectations and sets a new bar for high quality thrillers.

The story is complex and multi-layered which leaves you guessing to the very end. The murder of a police informant who was about to expose corruption and the shady dealings of a drug kingpin brings in British ex-government assassin John Milton. He comes to the rescue of a boy who witnessed the murder taking place, and knows the boy has placed himself in grave danger. He knows the boy's father through Alcoholics Anonymous, and so he feels compelled to help both father and son escape the deadly predicament they have found themselves in. To do this, he needs to take on a corrupt police precinct and a drugs empire, both of whom will not tolerate any dissent.

This book is highly recommended. You can thank me later.
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Georgette Lamy
4.0 out of 5 stars Slow start but gripping afterwards
Reviewed in France on June 14, 2017
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Good characterization and plausible view of the drug and mob scene in a section of New York. The slow start was great detail of New York. I did not foresee the various twists in the plot. Excellent resolution.
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