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VENGEANCE WEARS BLACK (Jack Calder Crime Series #2) Kindle Edition

by seumas gallacher (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Jack Calder and his former SAS colleagues at ISP, a specialist security firm, are saved from certain death when an ex-Gurkha is killed smothering a deadly grenade thrown into a lunchtime Chinese restaurant in the West End of London. They learn that murderous turf wars are raging between Asian Triads and Eastern European mobsters vying for control of international fiefdoms of drug smuggling, people trafficking, prostitution and money laundering.

An unexpected visit from the highest levels of international law enforcement offers Jack and the ISP team a means to use their black operations skills to wreak a ruthless retaliation against the drug lords.

Unlikely partners emerge in their onslaught against the gangs as the warring criminal factions threaten an unholy alliance to repel them. The pursuit spins across Europe, Turkey and North Africa before a final reckoning.

A Jack Calder Novel
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    Jack Calder Crime Series #2
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008H45KJC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ self published (2 July 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2087 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 233 pages
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SEUMAS GALLACHER escaped from the world of finance twelve years ago, after a career spanning three continents and five decades.

As the self-professed 'oldest computer Jurassic on the planet' his headlong immersion into the dizzy world of eBook publishing opened his eyes, mind, and pleasure to the joys of self-publishing. As a former businessman, he rapidly understood the concept of a writer's need to 'build the platform', and from a standing start began to develop a social networking outreach, which now tops 60,000 direct contacts.

His first five crime-thrillers, in what has become the 'Jack Calder' series, THE VIOLIN MAN'S LEGACY; VENGEANCE WEARS BLACK; SAVAGE PAYBACK; KILLER CITY; and DEADLY IMPASSE have blown his mind with more than 100,000 e-link downloads to date. He celebrated that landmark with a Fried Mars Bar and a glass of Irn Bru.

As a professional ghostwriter for other people's autobiographies, he decided to write his own life story, 'STRANGELY, I'M STILL HERE', which has garnered much praise from his loyal readership, and he is immensely grateful for their support.

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Enrico Grafitti
5.0 out of 5 stars Hang on tight for a fast-paced rush!
Reviewed in Australia on 13 March 2015
This is the first of Seumas Gallacher’s thrillers I have read and it was definitely worth the while. The tale is fast-paced and takes the reader on an international, action-filled ride as a London-based private security firm finds itself in the middle of a war between rival criminal factions. From the initial explosion in a London restaurant, the carnage ramps up as the vengeance of the title manifests. The author creates an original tale of mayhem where Eastern European gangsters, Chinese triads, London’s Police force, Interpol and an eclectic assortment of ex-Special Forces personnel weave an intricate ballet of violence and retribution. The characters are treated well however; no two-dimensional Rambo-types here, and for that are thoroughly believable. A great thriller. Looking forward to reading more by this author.
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Rohini Sunderam
4.0 out of 5 stars Can't wait for this to be a movie!
Reviewed in Australia on 2 May 2016
I couldn’t pull myself away from Seumas Gallacher’s Vengeance Wears Black and yet I constantly had to. The book haunts one through its deft handling of the personal interplay and commitment of the main characters to each other – all partners in ISP International Security Partners. These include our hero Jack Calder and May Ling his wife - and the team Mr. Brains Jules Townsend and Malky McGuire: friend and colleague. The bloody explosive action kicks off and kicks one in the stomach right from the get-go.
Vengeance Wears Black starts with a tense human trafficking operation in Krakow that goes horribly wrong and then leaps across to London where another eruptive incident brings our main players together. This time a Gurkha colleague smothers a grenade with his body thus saving his friends from ISP. This band of tough action-hardened SAS men and one woman then carry out a carefully planned, meticulous operation that not only quells the violent turf wars raging between Asian triad gangs and Eastern European mobsters, but also avenges the death of the man who saved their lives.
Seumas Gallacher’s book takes the reader on a nail-biting ride from east to west, from unimaginable debauchery and corruption to uplifting moments of friendship and care. I, for one, was glad of these little hiatuses in the action as they allowed me to get to know the main players, become involved in their fates and follow the detailed planning that goes into such a far reaching operation.
This isn’t a genre I usually read, so I was surprised by how much I was drawn into it. I had read the earlier book so I knew the background of the characters but, being a stand-alone novel, it is not necessary to read it to follow the action or the connections. These books would make a superb movie or TV series and I’m sure one of these days someone is going to discover them. Then we’ll see Mr. Gallacher’s name in lights, with our hero Jack Calder blazoned across the posters a la Jason Bourne/Matt Damon.
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Anthony Mcmanus
4.0 out of 5 stars An action packed adventure thriller
Reviewed in Australia on 1 August 2015
In my view, it’s always best to read series novels in sequence. But it’s not essential if the writer has done the right thing and each adventure stands on its own feet; what nowadays is termed “stand alone.” And Seumas Gallacher is adhering to that little “rule.” Nevertheless I am reading in sequence and find it much better.
“Vengeance Wears Black”, a nifty title if ever there was one, is the second novel in the adventures of Jack Calder and the guys from International Security Partners (ISP). In the heat of battle between Asian Triads and European mobsters over turf supremacy to control drugs, prostitution, trafficking and money laundering, a bomb takes the life of an old Gurkha friend and associate of the ISP team. This sets the ball rolling. And it’s bad news for the hoods as ISP becomes involved in their conflict and vengeance is the spur; it’s action time.
The novel is tightly written, fast paced, cleverly plotted and packed with neat little twists and villains that are nicely unpleasant; it’s a thriller alright. Flaws? Few. I felt a need for some loosening up in the dialogue department; a little stilted at times. But a page turner (hate that over used term must seek another) it is. If adventure thrillers are your bag, I recommend it. I could, and will, read it again. Meanwhile, I look forward to the next one. Cheers Mr. Gallacher.
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Roy Murry, Author
5.0 out of 5 stars Vengeance Wears Black
Reviewed in the United States on 5 October 2012
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Vengeance Wears Black
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The plot has been used many times: The good guys against the bad guys. However, Mr. Gallacher's intriguing spin on that basic theme has flashes of believability that brings in the reader. We know that drugs and prostitutes are sold around the world, but what is being done to curtail these criminal activities.

Seumas Gallacher, in his detailed novel, gives a plausible and creditable counter measure - a group of black operations experts who work under the legal radar for Interpol. They are International Security Partners (ISP.) Former SAS members brought together to do what the legal system are not allowed to do, which is to eliminate international criminals by whatever means possible.

One bombing incident, at the Peking Garden restaurant, brings about a turf war between two criminal groups, one Chinese and another East European, for the control over distribution of drugs and prostitution in the United Kingdom.
An ISP comrade is killed in the bombing, which intensifies their already on going contracted policing of these malcontents.

The plot thickens to the point that it hard, at times, to tell who the bad guy is. Mr. Gallacher's character driven story takes us into the background of the international underground. His characters are many, but they come alive to the point that you believe they are real. Three characters propel the story forward and keep you attentive: the leader of ISP, a Chinese elder, and a drug lord lieutenant. Their actions drive the story forward and to an acceptable conclusion.

Seumas descriptive prose delivers an interesting and colorful journey through Europe and Asia, where the drugs and women are imported from to major cities across the world. Unfortunately, there is much truth to what is in this fictional novel. You won't put the book down.

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M. E. J. Andrus
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding as usual by Seumas Gallacher
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2012
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Vengeance wears black is the second novel by the excellent Scottish author Seumas Gallacher whose debut "The Violin Man's legacy" was one of the best crime books I have read this year, so I had very high hopes for this book and boy it didn't disappoint.
The book like "legacy" follows the fortunes of former SAS solider Jack Calder and his ISP (international security partners) employers run by former SAS commanding officer Jules Townsend, when a hand grenade is thrown into a busy Chinese restaurant in London ex Ghurkha and friend of Jack and ISP dives on the grenade and saves everyone in the restraint and his friends in exchange for his own life Jules & jack and the rest of the team vow to avenge their friends death by using the skills the men have ultimately acquired in the SAS days to bring the Killers to justice.
In the hunt for the Killers the team are sent on a collision course with Asian triad and eastern European crime syndicates who's own gang wars have inadvertently sent them into a whole new war with ISP.
Seamus has an exceptional story telling ability that leaves readers truly hooked and is a up there with the best in the genre, I certainly think there is more to come in the Jack Calder series and quite rightly so too as Seamus is a gifted author without a doubt
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D. Bratcher
4.0 out of 5 stars Another First Rate Enjoyable Read
Reviewed in the United States on 9 August 2015
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This, the second book in the Jack Calder series, is another good read; fast-paced, creatively presented counter attacks against the bad guys that succeeds at being graphically violent at the same time as it is "acceptably" violent- a combination I find very rare indeed.
I worried a bit that, like other series I've begun, the level of talent doesn't match well in the books following the first.... that the plot will be less twisting or the bad guys will be less challenging, or it will just become boringly predictable - Well, happily for me, this is not the case.
Some books in this genre give us heroes who are predictably, simplistically successful, making the bad guys seem stupid, and the good guys more like comic book heroes, but I see the bad guys in these books to be realistically evil, and the good guys very skilled, but not over-the-top unbelievable in their successes. While overall success wins the day - it does not ever bore me, nor is it predictable.
I like a well-outlined story to unfold with enough mystery to keep me interested but without so much military-type detail to weigh me down. It wraps up neatly, but not too neatly, and I find this series an enjoyable one from first page to last.
I also like the chapter size very much for when I am only able to snatch a few minutes for fun reading, and I like the continuation of characters and the new character or 2 that were added into this one that I expect we'll see more of in the future.
I will be going on to read the 3rd, and I hear the release of the 4th is due very soon. Good news for this reader.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty darn good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2012
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I picked this up as a recommendation on Twitter. The author obviously knows their stuff - or knows someone who knows their stuff! The plot is a quite similar to the Chris Ryan books - lots of action, hooks and a good page-turner - but none the worse for that. The female character May-Lin is a welcome addition to the line-up. As a girl myself, I like a good female and she doesn't dissapoint. Niggles? Not many. The only thing I found hard was the quick changes between characters, particularly in the beginning and the shear number of characters got a bit confusing but the plot and dialogue more than make up for that. The sex-scenes I skipped. Don't think they added to it, but maybe that's just me. I got it for free so total bargain. Would I pay for it? Yes, I think I would. Not earth-shattering but a good read for lovers of action adventure.
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Brenda Telford
5.0 out of 5 stars Heart stopping action!
Reviewed in the United States on 7 August 2018
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When Jack Calder and a couple of his ISP team met with a friend in a Chinese restaurant in London, they didn’t expect the ex-Gurkha to be killed throwing his body onto a grenade which was tossed into the restaurant. His actions saved many lives, but it was the beginning of a terrible turf war between mobsters across the country and into Europe.

Jack and his team were highly trained specialists and were prepared to go black at anytime it was deemed necessary. Their skills would be tested in the coming days as the violence escalated out of control.

Plenty of heart-stopping action in Vengeance Wears Black, 2nd in the Jack Calder Crime Series by Seumas Gallacher. I was completely involved with the first in the series, The Violin Man’s Legacy, and this one was no different. Well written characters vie with drug dealing, murder, Asian Triads, prostitutes, slave trade and rival gangs – while Jack and his ISP group do their best to keep the streets safe. A great read which I highly recommend.
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