Tony Kent
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Tony Kent

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Tony Kent is a thriller writer, a criminal barrister and a former champion boxer who has been acclaimed as 'the British David Baldacci'. He writes the bestselling Joe Dempsey / Michael Devlin series of political and legal action thrillers which began in 2018 with 'Killer Intent' and continued in 2019 with 'Marked For Death', in 2020 with 'Power Play' and again in 2021 with 'No Way To Die' The fifth book in the series - 'The Shadow Network' - was released in 2024, achieving both critical acclaim and bestseller status, with series protagonist Joe Dempsey dubbed 'The British Jack Reacher' by The Sunday Times. In 2024 Tony was picked to co-write ‘The Revenge of Odessa’, alongside thriller-writing legend Frederick Forsyth. A contemporary-set sequel to the classic ‘The Odessa Files’, The Revenge of Odessa will be released in the UK in August 2025 and in the USA the following month. As a practising criminal barrister, Tony has spent over two decades defending the most serious criminal allegations through jury trials and appeals, with a client list including politicians, royals, celebrities, sportspeople and other public figures. Throughout his career Tony has dealt with the UK government, Scotland Yard, the NCA, MI5 and the FBI, as well as some of Europe’s most notorious organised crime groups. Tony's books have been picked for 'The Richard and Judy Book Club' and 'The Zoe Ball Book Club', with 'Power Play' selected as a 'Thriller of the Month' by The Times newspaper, 'No Way To Die' by The Sunday Times and 'The Shadow Network' by both The Sunday Times and The Daily Mail. In 2023 Tony co-founded the CHILTERN KILLS crime-writing festival in the town of Gerrards Cross. The one-day event takes place annually and features up to 70 of the biggest name in UK crime fiction, all coming together to help the homeless with the Prince of Wales' flagship charity CentrepointUK. Chiltern Kills will return on Oct 4th 2025. Tony lives just outside London in Buckinghamshire with his wife Victoria, their son Joseph and their Jack-Russell terrier Maximus.
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