Synopses & Reviews
By the author who "isn't just abreast of the headlines, [but] ahead of them" (
The Washington Post), this is a novel at once international and personal --and altogether riveting. Malachy Kitchen is an intelligence officer in Iraq. accused of cowardice, he becomes a recluse in a drug-infested housing project back home. But the mugging of an elderly widow draws him into the fight --his target is the network of substance dealers, and at their head is Ricky Capel. untouchable up to now, Capel will have to confront an enemy more driven than any he has so far outwitted.
Review
"Suspense master Seymour dazzles with commanding language and meticulous detail."
--Entertainment Weekly Review
"Not since the arrival of John le Carre has the emergence of an international suspense novelist been as stunning as that of Gerald Seymour."
--Los Angeles TimesReview
"The three British masters of suspense, Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, and John le Carre, have been joined by a fourth --Gerald Seymour." -The New York Times
Synopsis
In the military family there is no worse crime than cowardice. Malachy Kitchen, Intelligence officer, posted to Iraq, appears guilty of it while on patrol with an infantry platoon ambushed by insurgents. When word spreads that he was 'yellow' under hostile fire, his life starts to disintegrate.
Kicked out of the army, he becomes an isolated recluse in a drugs infested London estate. But the mugging of his neighbour of an elderly widow by addicts lights the flame that draws him to regain his lost pride and to take the fight to the narcotics network he sees around him. But it is not so simple -because the drugs routes have been colonized by other factions who want to deliver equally dangerous packages around the world. And if Malachy is to complete his quest, he must first enter one of the darker alleyways of life . . .
"From the Hardcover edition."
Synopsis
By the author who "isn't just abreast of the headlines, [but] ahead of them" (The Washington Post), this is a novel at once international and personal --and altogether riveting. Malachy Kitchen is an intelligence officer in Iraq. accused of cowardice, he becomes a recluse in a drug-infested housing project back home.
Synopsis
But the mugging of an elderly widow draws him into the fight --his target is the network of substance dealers, and at their head is Ricky Capel. untouchable up to now, Capel will have to confront an enemy more driven than any he has so far outwitted.
About the Author
Gerald Seymour spent 15 years as an international television news reporter with ITN specializing in the subject of terrorism. His first novel was the acclaimed thriller Harry's Game. He has since written 24 novels, six of which have been filmed for television.