The Mark

Henry Parker Series, Book 1

Nominated for the Strand Critics Award, the Barry Award, and the RT Reviewers' Choice Award Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Strand

Henry Parker's life is looking up. He just landed his dream job as a reporter at the renowned New York Gazette, has a great girlfriend, and the world at his fingertips. Henry is smart. Ambitious. Determined. He's ready to take the world by storm. But Henry's dream is about to turn into a nightmare....

On his first assignment, a man ends up dead, and Henry finds himself on the run and accused of murder. On his trail is a dogged cop who wants to see Henry behind bars, and a ruthless, demented assassin who wants to see Henry dead. Henry's only hope of survival is a woman he barely knows, as they embark on a cross-country flight barely one step ahead of disaster.

The only chance he has to clear his name is to find the truth about the bizarre murder, and to uncover a secret that some very dangerous people would kill for in order to conceal....

©2007 Jason Pinter (P)2018 Tantor

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"From the opening sentence to the exhilarating conclusion, Pinter's debut thriller gets the reader's heart racing." ---Library Journal

GREAT NEW (to me) AUTHOR!!!

I've never heard of Jason Pinter before but I am so happy to have found him! This is such a good book, written in the style of Brad Parks or Rick Mofina. Henry Parker, the main character is a wannabe investigative reporter.
Henry is trying to become a front page reporter after landing a job with the Gazette in NYC. When a senior reporter decides to give him a chance, Henry jumps on it.
Unfortunately Henry unwittingly stumbles into bedlam. A man is beating the two people Henry had just interviewed, he had left but came back with a few more questions. The man is demanding something from them. Henry can't just walk away, so he and this thug struggle , a gun goes off and the man is dead. He just so happens to be a cop. The next day Henry's face is on the front page with the legend "COP KILLER ".
The police are after him, the mob is after him when the beaten man says that Henry took what the cop was after.
This all happens in the very beginning of the book.
Henry cons a young law student into giving him a ride out of NYC but it backfires and the young woman becomes a second target. From here on it becomes a race to find out the truth and to save their own lives.
Adam Verner does an outstanding job narrating.
With kindle unlimited this book was $7.49.
The book is excellent and has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION.
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Loved it!

Really great read (or listen in this case). I immediately download the second book in the series.

Awesome Story

Story was fast pace and the plot was complete. Excellent read for under 10 hours. I would recommend. this book.

loved it

I've loved this book since I first read it back in 2010. Jason Pinter is by far my favorite author and all his books are amazing. I'm glad I can hear them now on my way to and from work.

I love this novel!

Read Audible listener Shelley's review; I agree totally with her take. I want to discuss more this author and this series which are new to me.

The Mark, released in 2007, was the first novel by author Jason Pinter and it is Book 1 in the six novel (plus one novella) Henry Parker series. Yet, I had never heard of him. The first two novels in the series were recently released in audio format (as was the standalone The Castle by Jason Pinter). My hope is that all of Pinter's suspense thriller novels will be released soon in audio format.

The Mark has my highest possible recommendation.