Whatever It Takes - Andy McNab

Written by Andy McNab
Read by Paul Thornley
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 48 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
Publisher: 2019 Penguin Audio

They say before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

For James Mercer, the financial ruin of his family by the institutions they trusted can never be undone. It shattered everyone, leaving him with a burning need to right the wrongs they suffered. He will stop at nothing to recoup what they are owed. It’s not theft, it’s payback.

Until his solo crusade falls foul of the very people he seeks to rob - the 1 percenters, the people who own the bulk of the world’s wealth. Soon he is putting together a crew to carry out one last robbery, to undertake one last job. Success will restore his family’s fortunes, but failure will destroy them forever.

Packed with relentless action and the sort of riveting authenticity only Andy McNab can provide, Whatever It Takes tells the story of one man’s extraordinary pursuit of justice against devastating odds, a story as hard and real and controversial as any of today’s headlines, which will show the world as it really is.

Reviews—The book was overdue and it seemed even the publishers and distributors didn’t know what was going on given the vague synopses posted on sites like Amazon and Penguin in the run up to last years missed publication deadline (October 2018). When this October rolled around it wasn’t until a few weeks before that it even became clear this latest book was about a new character.

Fair play to Andy for giving yet another type of writing a go. HIs “Good Psychopath’s Guide” is interesting. All his non fiction titles from Immediate Action through to Seven Troop were great. I never got into the Thomas Buckingham series so I can’t comment. The Nick Stone series was so gritty, so grounded in real world tradecraft and plots with a first person writing style that totally immersed anyone who stuck with it.

This book is sort-of-a publication mystery. I can find a plot summary on several sites but the only reviews I find are in Audible.au, nothing is the usual review sites including Goodread, Penguin doesn’t list it in it’s published books.