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Synopsis:
DCI Harry Taylor has no respect for red tape or political reputations - but he's great at catching criminals.
And all his unorthodox skills will be needed as an extraordinary situation unfolds on his doorstep: a metal box of radioactive material is found at a dump in Stepney, East London, but before the police can arrive it is stolen in a violent raid.
With security agencies across the world on red alert, it's Harry and his unconventional team from the Met who must hit the streets in search of a lead. They soon have two wildly different suspects, aristocratic art dealer Julian Smythe in London and oligarch Vladimir Voldrev in Barbados. But the pressure is on. How much time does Harry have, and how many more players will join the action, before the missing uranium is lighting up the sky?
And all his unorthodox skills will be needed as an extraordinary situation unfolds on his doorstep: a metal box of radioactive material is found at a dump in Stepney, East London, but before the police can arrive it is stolen in a violent raid.
With security agencies across the world on red alert, it's Harry and his unconventional team from the Met who must hit the streets in search of a lead. They soon have two wildly different suspects, aristocratic art dealer Julian Smythe in London and oligarch Vladimir Voldrev in Barbados. But the pressure is on. How much time does Harry have, and how many more players will join the action, before the missing uranium is lighting up the sky?
Review
WOW! I truly wish that Sir Michael had decided to write a thriller years ago, so he'd have more time to write more novels! Deadly Game is an amazing debut novel, that not only reads well, but gives the reader a sense of reading a book ready to become a movie (I'm SURE this one will!)! Featuring a new concept in police work- dealing with stolen radioactive material and it's potential uses! You get everything you want in this novel- a police procedural that is also a thriller, which is also a mystery (where did the uranium come from, who has it?) and modern concepts re criminal activity and politics. Whew! So much in one place, but it's a book you won't want to put down, and you'll be discussing for weeks with friends, so make sure you're giving this one away to friends and family for the holiday season! And here's hoping that Michael can bring back DCI Taylor and his squad for another book or two!
WOW! I truly wish that Sir Michael had decided to write a thriller years ago, so he'd have more time to write more novels! Deadly Game is an amazing debut novel, that not only reads well, but gives the reader a sense of reading a book ready to become a movie (I'm SURE this one will!)! Featuring a new concept in police work- dealing with stolen radioactive material and it's potential uses! You get everything you want in this novel- a police procedural that is also a thriller, which is also a mystery (where did the uranium come from, who has it?) and modern concepts re criminal activity and politics. Whew! So much in one place, but it's a book you won't want to put down, and you'll be discussing for weeks with friends, so make sure you're giving this one away to friends and family for the holiday season! And here's hoping that Michael can bring back DCI Taylor and his squad for another book or two!
About the Author:
has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters and his second in 1999 for The Cider House Rules. He has starred in over one hundred films, becoming well-known for several critically acclaimed performances including his first major film role in Zulu in 1964, followed by films including The Ipcress Files, Get Carter, Alfie, The Italian Job, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Educating Rita, and more recently The Dark Knight, Is Anybody There? and Harry Brown. He was appointed a CBE in 1992 and knighted in 2000 in recognition of his contribution to cinema. Married for more than 45 years, with two daughters and three grandchildren, he and his wife Shakira live in London and Surrey.
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