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Advance Praise - 5* Goodreads Reviews Phil Mercer is one of the most intriguing characters I've read about in a long time. Mercer is a British veteran who returns home from the war in Afghanistan and studies law, then becomes an attorney in London... The author writes about the humanity of a person who has taken the lives of other people. Like when watching a tragic play, I felt sympathy for Mercer at various times and then cringed at the murder scenes... The opposing roles of Phil Mercer, a murderer given in to the temptation to kill, and an attorney, driven by order, logic, and law, make for a unique protagonist. Bentley does a great service in the way he writes about Mercer's interior dialogue, hallucinations, depression, and memory problems. He does not make Phil Mercer a stereotype of a mentally ill person. Mercer is a sympathetic character; one who is approachable for the reader. I liked Phil Mercer so much that I can visualize his character in further novels by the author... Told through flashbacks, dream sequences, and various points of view, Comfort Zone is a first-rate story. Crime novel fans will be entertained by Comfort Zone. I highly recommend reading this book. Not the usual genre of book by this author but wow what a story, it had more twists and turns then a formula 1 racetrack. Well worthy of the 5 stars and in fact I'd go as far as saying 5+Star rating. Comfort Zone was anything but that and as a result a brilliant read... A complex, thought-provoking novel with the protagonist a tragic war vet suffering from PTSD. Mr. Bentley pulls no punches and proves he can write a heart-breaking, haunting novel second to none. BRILLIANT. Highly Recommended.

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Stephen Bentley is a former UK police Detective Sergeant, pioneering undercover cop, and barrister (criminal trial attorney). He is now a freelance writer and an occasional contributor to Huffington Post UK on undercover policing, and mental health issues. His bestselling memoir, 'Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story, ' is a frank and fascinating insight into his undercover detective experiences during Operation Julie - an elite group of detectives who successfully investigated one of the world's largest drug rings. It has now been adapted for a feature film. Stephen also writes crime fiction in a fast-paced plot-driven style including the Steve Regan Undercover Cop Thriller and the Detective Matt Deal Thriller series. One of his short stories, 'The Rose Slayer, ' won the SIA murder mystery competition in 2018, and has now been published in a multi-author anthology of murder mystery short stories, titled 'Death Among Us.' His fiction draws heavily on his law enforcement background adding that ingredient of authenticity about which the legendary Raymond Chandler opined, Fiction in any form has always intended to be realistic, when writing about the detective story in his essay 'The Simple Art of Murder'(1950). Stephen subscribes to that school of thought. When he isn't writing, Stephen relaxes on the beaches of the Philippines with his family where he now lives, often with a cold beer and a book to hand. You may find him on Twitter as @StephenBentley8 or connect with him at www.stephenbentley.info

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