About The Book
WILLIAM TREVOR FRANCIS (WTF) , British ex-military and international ‘Thief for Hire’ has been framed for a crime, and murder, that he did not commit.
On the run from the local police authorities and Interpol, he must now piece together the little information he has to figure out who the real criminal mastermind is, and why he was set up in the first place. Playing fast and dirty, and using all of his skill, charm and military training to his advantage, proving his innocence for the one crime he didn’t commit isn’t going to be easy!
WILLIAM TREVOR FRANCIS ‘THIEF FOR HIRE’ offers a wild, action-packed, and adrenaline-pumping cat-and-mouse chase through glorious European destinations with a refreshingly fun, tongue-in-cheek twist to the reluctant hero genre that will leave you asking WTF!?
WILLIAM TREVOR FRANCIS ‘ON THE RUN’
Marc-Allen Barker
WILLIAM TREVOR FRANCIS ‘BACK ON TOP’
Marc-Allen Barker
About the author.
At the age of 18, he joined the French Army and enrolled with the 1st RHP Parachute Regiment in Tarbes. After successfully earning his wings and red beret, he served as a light weapons, communications, and field combat instructor for incoming recruits. On deployment with the United Nations in Bihac, Zagreb, and Sarajevo he carried out armed protection to humanitarian aid convoys – as well as reconnaissance and surveillance missions – during the Peace Talk process.
After graduating from Loughborough University with a BA in International Business he moved to Los Angeles, CA where he currently resides with his wife and son. In addition to world travel, Marc-Allen enjoys skydiving, scuba diving, and riding his motorcycles. Like William Trevor Francis, he also enjoys his Johnnie Walker Black Label ‘rocks on the side’.
Marc-Allen Barker
An Interview With The Author
Tell Us About Your Military Service
“I was born in Paris, France and moved to London, England when I was a kid – and at the age of 18, using my dual French/British nationality to my advantage, I volunteered for French National Service with the 1st RHP Parachute Regiment in the South of France. Having successfully earned my wings and red beret I then went on to become a light weapons, communications and field combat instructor for new recruits completing their 3 months of basic training. I also served with the UN Peacekeeping forces in Bihac, Zagreb and Sarajevo providing armored support to humanitarian aid convoys and armed protection during the Peace Talks process. All of this background knowledge plays a heavy part in the book series, and I intentionally put as much of my own personality, upbringing and military experience into the character as possible because I feel it adds authenticity and depth.”
Why Did You Start Writing?
“I moved out to Los Angeles and was immediately bitten by the acting bug. I took acting classes wherever I could, invested my remaining dollars into headshots and got myself the only agent who would take me on. I then started going out on auditions I had absolutely no chance of landing and cattle-calls that I had no right attending. It was a ‘numbers game’ with zero focus and even less strategy. Anyway, the weeks turned into months, the months into years and before I knew it I was stuck in a rut as a background artist. Time to change tactics and get a ‘real job’. That’s when I first started to write! After too many soul-crushing days spent working at a typical gray office cubicle I would sit down at my computer at home and ‘write myself the part I always wanted’.”
Unfortunately, all my hard work ended up in a drawer gathering dust. Despite my greatest efforts, I was still an unknown first-time writer in Hollywood. Cut to 2018 and I’ve just wiped out on my motorcycle and I’m laid up in bed feeling incredibly sorry for myself … literally staring at the ceiling asking myself WTF am I doing? WTF do I want? … and then it hit me. I made the commitment right then and there to change where I was at in my life and to start writing again. I dug out my old script, made a few pivotal changes, adapted, reworked, and reshaped the main character arcs, and then set about getting myself a new Agent and Publisher, Mathilde Vuillermoz, who not only believed in my work – but more importantly believed in me! Now, three years later, we have a friendship, a partnership, and a commitment to publish 3 books in the WTF series and to introduce this likable (if somewhat flawed) reluctant hero character to the world. William Trevor Francis is finally ready. Are you?”
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Marc-Allen Barker
WILLIAM TREVOR FRANCIS (WTF)
WILLIAM TREVOR FRANCIS (WTF) , British ex-military and international ‘Thief for Hire’ has been framed for a crime, and murder, that he did not commit.
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32/36 Bd d’Avranches,
1160 Luxembourg
MV Worldwide Group
reception@mvworldwide.org
164 Kallang Way,
Singapore 349248
144 Tower Road,
Sliema SGN 6090, Malta