Summary
Superb, classic thriller from the CWA Gold Dagger award-winning author of Other Paths to Glory, rated ‘alongside Le Carre and Deighton’ GUARDIAN
A brilliant young electronics expert is killed by a car bomb seemingly meant for the head of the Foreign Office’s Middle-Eastern Section. Intelligence officer Hugh Roskill is sent by David Audley on an investigation that takes him from London clubland to the Hampshire countryside, and deep into the complexities of Middle Ea…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471900013 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1471900010 |
| Author: | Anthony Price |
| Publisher: | The Murder Room |
| Imprint: | The Murder Room |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2013 |
| Weight: | 41g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Murder Room |
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Critics Review
He is still rated among connoisseurs of spy fiction alongside Le Carré [and] Deighton … His storytelling technique and authorial voice were unique. Price novels are unmistakable; and all featured historical backgrounds because Price felt the past was lying in wait for the present * GUARDIAN *
Anthony Price
Anthony Price (1928-2019) was born in Herfordshire and educated at King’s School, Canterbury, and Oxford. His long career in journalism culminated in the Editorship of the Oxford Times. His 1970 debut, The Labyrinth Makers, won the CWA Silver Dagger; his hero, Dr David Audley, historian and spy, featured in this and 18 subsequent novels.
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