Mark David Abbott

Series

A John Hayes Thriller
Vengeance
Price: $5.99 USD.
A Million Reasons
Price: $5.99 USD.
A New Beginning
Price: $5.99 USD.
No Escape
Price: $5.99 USD.
Reprisal
Price: $5.99 USD.
Payback
Price: $5.99 USD.
The Hong Kong Series
Disruption
Price: $5.99 USD.
Conflict
Price: $5.99 USD.
Freedom
Price: $5.99 USD.

Books

The Chinese Cat
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 10. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 58,600. Language: English. Published: April 10, 2024 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
When a ruthless neighbour burnt John's parents' house to the ground, his whole world collapsed. But seven months later, with reconstruction well underway, it seemed like life was finally on the mend. However, when Adriana, the love of his life, is abducted during a visit to England and John is left for dead on the roadside, his world shatters anew. Desperate to get her back, John follows a...
Faith: (The Guru, Part 2)
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 8. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 79,800. Language: English. Originally Published: November 9, 2023 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
John has unfinished business and it's eating away at him A chance email alerting him to the reappearance of an old enemy, Atman, triggers doubt, guilt, frustration, and anger. How is Atman still roaming free, as if nothing happened? Why won't the authorities do anything about it? To make matters worse, Atman is in a country where John could face arrest the minute he steps on its soil. India...
The Neighbor: John Hayes #9
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 9. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 82,030. Language: English. Originally Published: November 9, 2023 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
John Hayes thought returning home to see his ageing parents would be a simple visit, but when he discovers a dangerous new neighbor harassing them, he's forced to take action. Determined to protect his family, John takes matters into his own hands and sets out on a mission to stop the bully. As the stakes rise and the action becomes more intense, Hayes is forced to confront his own demons and...
Vengeance
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 63,870. Language: English. Originally Published: July 26, 2018 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
When expat John Hayes' wife is brutally attacked while on a posting in India, he's forced to take matters into his own hands. John Hayes' life is perfect. He has a dream job in an exotic land, his career path is on an upward trajectory and at home he has a beautiful wife whom he loves with all his heart. But one horrible day a brutal incident tears this all away from him and his life is...
Payback
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 6. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 71,860. Language: English. Originally Published: May 28, 2020 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
How much would you risk to help out a good friend? John Hayes has settled into a comfortable life in Lisbon. All his enemies are dead, he is wealthy beyond his dreams, and he shares his days with a beautiful woman he loves with all his heart. Life is perfect… or is it? Sometimes too much of a good thing can be…. boring. So when an old friend calls on John Hayes asking for help, John jumps at...
Reprisal
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 5. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 69,340. Language: English. Originally Published: January 30, 2020 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served cold but no-one knows this better than John Hayes. After dealing with the mercenaries sent to kill him in Oman, John realizes he can never live in peace knowing that the man who sent them, the man ultimately responsible for endangering the woman he loves, is still roaming free. To hunt him down John must return to where it all began. India.
No Escape
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 4. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 46,830. Language: English. Originally Published: July 25, 2019 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
After a chance encounter in the lobby of a Dubai hotel, someone from the dark corners of John's past comes back to haunt him, threatening to sabotage an idyllic holiday and to annihilate everything John Hayes holds dear. No Escape, another fast-moving page-turning thriller in the John Hayes Thriller Series, takes you from the glitzy hotels of Dubai to the vast desert sands of Oman, where once...
A New Beginning
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 3. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 64,070. Language: English. Originally Published: May 9, 2019 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
John Hayes is back….. A chance meeting with a fascinating woman has the potential to change John's life. Could she be the one to bring him the happiness he lost after his wife was brutally murdered?…….. Will it be that easy? Newly wealthy John Hayes is living an idyllic life in the exotic city of Bangkok. He spends his days keeping fit, exploring the city and enjoying the wonderful food but he...
The Guru: John Hayes #7
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 7. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 69,540. Language: English. Originally Published: November 9, 2023 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
When your past continually haunts you, sometimes you need to look within. John can't sleep. Nightmares plague the hours of darkness, traumatic flashbacks fill his days. It's affecting his health, and it's affecting his relationship with the woman he loves. An unusual but charismatic man he meets in a Sri Lankan hotel claims to have all the answers. He says he can help John heal his troubled...
A Million Reasons
Series: A John Hayes Thriller, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 46,550. Language: English. Originally Published: November 27, 2018 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Would you kill for a million dollars? Haunted by nightmares after the death of his wife, John Hayes attempts to start a new life in Hong Kong. But the excitement and glamour of the city soon wears off and he finds himself deep in a rut. Until the day he finds a million dollars in his bank account! It could change his life forever, but… it comes with dangerous strings attached. Once again he is...
Flipped
Series: The Devil Inside Duology, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 20,100. Language: English. Originally Published: November 8, 2023 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Matthew Wilson was the perfect husband... Until he wasn't. Clara Wilson didn't want to admit that her marriage was steadily falling apart… …until she discovered her husband planned to kill her. You've read the husband's point of view. Now see it through the wife's eyes. The exciting sequel novella to The Devil Inside.
The Devil Inside
Series: The Devil Inside Duology, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 21,220. Language: English. Originally Published: November 8, 2023 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
There's a fine line between love and hate... When Matthew Wilson first saw the woman who was to become his wife, he thought she was an angel sent down from heaven itself. She transformed his life, bringing happiness beyond imagination. But now he wants to kill her.
Conflict
Series: The Hong Kong Series, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 45,980. Language: English. Originally Published: October 15, 2023 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
What do you do when two million people hate your guts? Sergeant Andy Wong, of Hong Kong's famed Police Tactical Unit (PTU), Bravo Company is an honourable man who loves his job. When the people of Hong Kong take to the streets to voice their displeasure against government policies, it's Andy and his fellow colleagues who are tasked with maintaining law and order and putting an end to the riots...
Freedom
Series: The Hong Kong Series, Book 3. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 110,330. Language: English. Originally Published: October 15, 2023 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
"A remarkable story written so descriptively that you feel you are right there in the street…" A conflicted father… After discovering his daughter is supporting the rioters, a furious Sergeant Andy Wong of the Police Tactical Unit, begins to question his own motivation for enforcing laws hated by the public. A daughter exposed… Alice's secret is out… Her father knows she's helping the...
Disruption
Series: The Hong Kong Series, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 73,270. Language: English. Originally Published: October 3, 2023 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
"…What an incredible book. You see the news, but in this story, you learn a lot about the human side…." Young Australian ex-pat Jacob Watson has it all: a high-paying job managing a property portfolio for one of Hong Kong's tycoons, access to the city's elite, and a life of luxury. But as protests against Chinese interference in Hong Kong escalate, Jacob's world is turned upside down. Will he...
The Mule
Series: The Max Jones Thrillers, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 81,790. Language: English. Published: September 29, 2023 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
In the shadows of Dubai, justice takes a stand. Fleeing a deadly confrontation in India, former soldier Max Jones seeks to atone for the sins of his past and start anew. However, in an unexpected twist of fate, he witnesses two young women in distress while waiting for his flight. In an instant, Max is propelled into action, using skills from a past he'd rather forget. As Max delves deeper into...
The Irishman
Series: The Max Jones Thrillers, Book 2. Pre-release—available September 1, 2024. Price: $2.99 USD. Language: English. Published by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
The Irishman will release earlier than the date shown here Max Jones continues his quest for personal redemption by tracking down the notorious Irish Drug Baron, Liam Mulroney and bringing him to justice. Full description coming soon.
Impact
Price: Free! Words: 12,020. Language: English. Originally Published: August 31, 2021 by Mark David Abbott. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
An honest man in a dishonest world. Detective Inspector Rajiv Sampath still believes he can make a difference. Fifteen years ago when he joined the Indian Police Service as a fresh recruit, he was full of big ideas and pure ideals about how he could make the world a better place by upholding the law. Now, after years of working in a world that seems to reward dishonesty and self-interest, he...