"The work of a new and welcome talent”
San Fransisco book review

“You definitely cannot put this one down until the end of the last page. Exciting and an unguessable plot”
Amazon reviewer

"Dramatic & page turning"
Rose Gaete, The Literary Consultancy

Eavesdrop short-listed in the Tibor Jones pageturner competition

Page-turning Thrillers by Ian Coates


New thriller coming soon: Backlash

Industrial sabotage, an unusal double blackmail, and a long lost childhood diary.


To be published by Wallace Publishing in 2022


Fast-paced international spy thriller: Eavesdrop

You’re accused of helping a smuggling ring.
You loose your job as a Customs Investigator.
You can’t tell your wife – she’s fighting cancer and has her own worries.
Only one choice – find out what’s going on.
You’re soon battling a police cover-up, a Middle East assassin, and a Mossad agent – all linked by one diamond smuggler.

Learn more here.


Published by Bad Day Books, the thriller and mystery imprint of Assent Publishing.

Author Ian Coates reads from his international spy thriller Eavesdrop

Hear an Extract from the audio book version of the spy thriller Eavesdrop