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The Cleaner

John Milton Series Book 1

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The Cleaner

By: Mark Dawson
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Summary
 John Milton is the man the government calls when they want a problem to go away... but what happens when he’s the one who needs to disappear?

After a botched job leaves a bloody trail, government assassin John Milton does the one thing he’s never done before: he hides.

Disappearing into London’s bustling East End and holing up in a vacant flat, Milton becomes involved with his neighbour Sharon and her troubled son Elijah, who are caught in an increasingly bloody turf war between two rival gangs.

Unable to ignore the threat, Milton sets about protecting mother and son, meeting violence with violence. But his involvement puts him in the sights of the government’s next best killer, and before long Milton is not just fighting to save a family and a home - he’s fighting to stay alive...

If you like Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp, and Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, you won't be able to put down the compulsively addictive John Milton series.©2025 W. F. Howes Ltd. Action & Adventure Crime Thrillers Espionage Genre Fiction Military Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War & Military Government
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The book started reasonably well, but once the story moved into the London council housing estate, I found the narration to be overacted and distracting. As a result, it just wasn’t my type of book. I dislike leaving negative reviews, and this is, of course, only my personal opinion, but the storyline felt as though it circled around without much progression. Combined with the heavily accented narration, this ultimately led to me not finishing the book.

really not my cuppa tea!

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