The Payback, Simon Kernick
The Payback, Simon Kernick
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The Payback
(Dennis Milne: book 3): a punchy, race-against-time thriller from bestselling author Simon Kernick

Author: Simon Kernick

Series: Dennis Milne #3

Narrator: Paul Thornley

Unabridged: 10 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/10/2011


Synopsis

A gripping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben.

"Pace, pace pace is what Kernick does best" - DAILY MIRROR

"Delights, excites and stimulates, and the only reason you consume it so quickly is because it's so damn good" - GQ

"Fast moving and a gripping race to the dénouement." -- ***** Reader review

"Great read, Simon Kendrick is a fantastic writer, kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through this book, couldn't wait to read every page." -- ***** Reader review

"Completely compelling" -- ***** Reader review

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TWO COPS. ONE CITY. NO MERCY.

Dennis Milne is a former cop and part-time assassin. He kills the bad guys - people who, in his opinion, deserve to die. Now he's in Manila, waiting for his next target: a young woman who's made some deadly enemies.

DI Tina Boyd is in Manila hunting down the man responsible for the death of her lover. She knows he's dangerous. She knows he's ruthless. But she's determined to bring him to justice - even if it kills her.

Two cops with pasts that haunt them - and a present that could see them both dead.

They are about to meet.

And when they do, it's payback time.

About Simon Kernick

Simon Kernick is a number one bestseller and one of the UK's most popular thriller writers, with huge hits including KILL A STRANGER, GOOD COP BAD COP, RELENTLESS, THE LAST 10 SECONDS, SIEGE and the BONE FIELD series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabriella on August 05, 2025

Actual Rating: 3.25 stars I would enjoy seeing this become a movie!! I think some of the author’s blaxploitation ambitions will come across better in that format. Kashana Cauley’s second novel is a book all about debt—what wouldn’t EYE love about that?!?!? As someone who was raised Baptist, and now......more

Goodreads review by Dee on December 10, 2024

The pacing in this book is so slow. About 43% in, I realized that nothing had really happened yet. Took another 5-10% before any action started. And action is a bit of an exaggeration.  Honestly, if this wasn't an ARC, I would have DNF'd before this point. Since it's an ARC, I pushed through.  I will......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on April 03, 2025

Unfortunately, this one missed the mark for me. While the premise is intriguing - three women band together to take down the system imprisoning them in a cycle of desperation, all while being chased by a sinister yet oddly familiar faction of law enforcement called The Debt Police - the execution ca......more

Goodreads review by Charnell on August 05, 2025

4.5 ⭐️ rounded up One of the most absurdly funny books l've read. What if student loan lenders sent out debt police to harm borrowers who are having trouble paying back their loans? The Payback explores this! Jada and her 2 friends/coworkers are highly educated, as most Black women are, but all 3 have......more

Goodreads review by Paige on August 01, 2025

I mostly enjoyed this breezy vigilante tale about taking three retail workers taking out the student loan industry, quibbles about pacing aside, but what I really, really loved was Cauley’s voice. I’m excited to try her previous book and anything else that comes along.......more


Quotes

Pace, pace, pace is what Kernick does best, and this utterly gripping thriller brings together his great renegade cops Dennis Milne and Tina Boyd for this first time. Revenge is the name of the game here in a filthy Manila Daily Mirror

Delights, excited and stimulates, and the only reason you consume it so quickly is because it's so damn good GQ

Here's the nitty-gritty. This is a masterpiece of thriller writing that proves Kernick is a world clas operator. His latest surefire hit moves at breakneck speed from London to Hong Kong and the Philippines. It should have a health warning on the cofver as you may well forget to ear, sleep or even breathe as it sucks you into its addictive grip Peterborough Evening Telegraph