โ€œโ€ฆthis is going to be a must-read series for me.โ€

Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher Novels

โ€œโ€ฆ a central character Iโ€™m sure weโ€™ll be reading about for years to come.โ€

Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest

โ€œโ€ฆ the period details are absorbing.โ€

Publisher's Weekly

โ€œโ€ฆ reminiscent of early-Robert Ludlum, and makes you clamor for more.โ€

Steve Berry, author of The Templar Legacy and The Bishopโ€™s Pawn

โ€œโ€ฆ the likes of which we havenโ€™t seen since Ludlum or Clancyโ€™s first. Yeah. Heโ€™s that good.โ€

Mysterious Book Report

โ€œThe 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.โ€

Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel

โ€œโ€ฆ [Mr.] Connell establishes Mason Collins as a character who should be able to support a long series.โ€ 

Military.com

John A. Connell writes spellbinding crime thrillers with a historical twist. His Mason Collins series follows the former army detective to some of the most dangerous and turbulent places in the post-World War Two world. The series has garnered praise from such bestselling authors as Lee Child and Steve Berry. Where the Wicked Tread was nominated for 2022 best e-book by International Thriller Writers, and Madness in the Ruins was a 2016 Barry Award nominee. Atlanta-born, John spends his time between the U.S. and France.

You can reach him at 
john@johnaconnell.com. You can also find him on Facebook, BookBub, X (Twitter) and Goodreads.

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