Once again ex-MI5 operative is in the thick of things with his team. This time he is caught up in a race agains some satanic followers who are hell bent on unleashing chaos and destruction worldwide.
This was an action packed adventure filled with plenty of suspense. A great read with fast pace and interesting characters.

Had a feeling when invited to read this book that it would be along the lines of Dan Brown. It felt more like a treasure hunt rather than a serious threat! Having not read the other previous books in the series I don't feel I missed out and this can be read as a stand alone. I did enjoy this novel and will now be looking for more in the Joe Mason series. Many thanks for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

Another fast paced Joe Mason thriller. A race across the UK and Europe to try and stop a satanist group led by Moloch. Though I enjoyed the book I felt it a bit repetitive in the action scenes. I loved the other books in the series and hopefully the next will be a 5 star. Thanks to Avon books and Netgalley for this review ARC.

Former MI-5 and now archaeological and historical relic guardian, Joe and the gang are back in fine form.  They're up against a team of Satanists, who long for the downfall of civilisation as we know it.  The influential bankers, politicians and so on who make up their ranks can make life difficult for a lot of people and interfere in the team's investigation.  That is if they don't get dead in the meantime!

Joe, Sally and the rest of the team are the best found family group of colleagues.  They know each other's strengths and weaknesses and how much pressure they can survive. Moloch is a completely reprehensible villain and one that has no redemption arc thankfully!

The action whips across the UK, including here in Scotland, and mainland Europe at a breakneck speed.  I loved trying to untangle the web of lies, deceit and conspiracies to get to the truth.  There is a bit of a cliffhanger so now wait for book #7!

Book 7 of the Joe Mason series and the former MI5 agent and his team fast paced action continues. Still recovering from their previous adventure the team are persuaded by Sally to help locate a group of Satanists led by a psychopath called Moloch. Moloch believes that if he can obtain a number of historic relics he can then summon Satan!

Briefly, Joe, along with his team of 4, follow a set of clues whilst being pursued by a murderous gang working for Moloch. So begins a dash across some of the most iconic locations in the UK and Europe. With time running out can the team succeed in stopping the madman before, literally, all hell breaks loose!

The cult is suitably dark and scary. The places visited were amazing and well described and the plot good. If you love a high octane thriller with cross country chases and plenty of violence you will enjoy this. An entertaining and fast paced, easy read adventure story.

An enjoyable book, which I happily read so long as nobody disturbed me.
I have read most in this series, and the other ones by this author. This one was not quite a five star for me, as I did feel that the team were a bit slow to realise things at times, and there was some repetition. I felt that it could have been edited a bit tighter.
However, I do look forward to the next book, as there is a character which I really enjoy ( who kicks ass!).

Sorry couldn’t get into this at all. From the moment Holyrood Palace was placed outside Edinburgh rather than its real location I started to lose interest. A silly brawl in the Palace car park that nobody could see going on was enough but after a further 50 pages I surrendered.

Don’t think I’ve read anything by David Leadbeater until this and it’s a bit of a mixed bag. I like thrillers and this has all the right ingredients for a fast paced story. There’s a cult intent on acquiring their ultimate goal, hellfire. This would enable world domination. Needless to say, the authorities aren’t going to let this happen and there’s a mayhem caper around the world as various leads are followed.

I enjoyed the settings around Europe. Well depicted with a strong sense of place, particularly the Vatican scenes with their secret tunnels. I’m fascinated by the machinations of the church and their strong links to secret societies from the Freemasons to Mafia and more. My issue with this book is the writing which I found incredibly irritating. It’s padded and there are some horrible similes and poor English…’his eyes rolled over the…’ I ended up spending more time looking for the howlers and lost the pace of the plot and action. Good idea but I didn’t enjoy it overall.

This is not my usual kind if book as it's more suited to my husbands genre but that said I really enjoyed reading it. Great storyline and characters made it a very captivating read.

This is a fast paced thriller which has dark undertones. I loved the historic sites visited and learnt new things about them. I liked how the team bonded and how a satanic group was brought down. Really atmospheric.

This had everything that I was looking for from a action thriller novel, it had that overall feel that I was looking for and enjoyed the overall story. The characters were everything that I was hoping for and enjoyed going on this adventure with them. David Leadbeater wrote this well and was left wanting more.

I got to the halfway mark but called it a day after this beauty; “A crisp-based snack sat before him”. Wouldn’t that just be a packet of crisps? There are other examples of clunky writing but the whole thing is just too silly. A hodgepodge of a gang are tasked with finding a long lost treasure. And wouldn’t you know it, everything is just where it should be. Even pictures in galleries are free for them to handle. I mean they would be wouldn’t they? The violence seems to be an add-on, it doesn’t really fit the story. I’ve nothing against a Scooby-Doo type caper but the writing needs to be a lot better than this.