King Rat

When you find yourself in hell, it pays to be a Devil.

DCI Kett's worst nightmares have finally come true, the mysterious group known as Hollenbeck, have resurfaced. After being violently abducted, Kett wakes inside a labyrinthine warehouse with no apparent way out—a warehouse rigged with deadly traps.
And he's not alone in here!
Forced to become a rat in a maze, Kett must use every skill he has if he wants to escape. But there is a far greater price to pay if he ever wants to see his family again.
On the outside, DI Porter, DC Savage and PC Aaron Duke face a race against time to locate Kett before it's too late. But Hollenbeck are smart, and this case may prove too much even for the Extreme Crime Task Force.
Because Kett is in hell, and he's about to come face to face with the greatest evil of them all...

Alex Smith books, the DCI Robert Kett and DI Harrison Baird thrillers, have monsters in them too, although these monsters are very human, and all the more terrifying for it. In between, he has published fourteen novels for children and teenagers under his full name, Alexander Gordon Smith—including the number one bestselling series Escape From Furnace. He lives in Norwich with his wife and three young daughters.

Tim Bruce is seasoned narrator having narrated over 200 audiobooks. This includes both fiction and non-fiction and most notably Lynda La Plante's Framed and Albert Roux's My Life in Food. When he is not narrating he is acting and has been in many TV soaps and in the West End production of Blood Brothers.

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