It’s 1938. The Spanish Civil War is in its final throes.
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Corbera d'Ebre, Catalonia, Spain |
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Nationalists carry out aerial bombing |
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Anti aircraft emplacement |
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Troops crossing the River Ebro |
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T-26 Tank |
Franco, Mussolini, Hitler, Chamberlain, Lebrun and Stalin, dominate European politics.
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Adolf Hitler - Germany |
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Albert Francois Lebrun - France |
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Benito Mussolini - Italy |
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General Franciso Franco - Spain |
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Joseph Stalin - U.S.S.R. |
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Neville Chamberlain - UK |
A ship leaves Canada bound for France but there’s a storm at sea and the vessel is wrecked in the English Channel.
Seventy five years later the chess playing detective, Davies King, investigates the connection between the escape of a handful of petty criminals from a prison van; a vicious murder, a sunken ship in the English Channel, a corrupt American politician, and ‘organised crime’.
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Air Nitrox Tables |
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Divers find a shipwreck |
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United Kingdom Special Forces - UKSF |
Will Britain’s most annoying petty criminals outwit the stressed-out detective?
Faced with overwhelming odds, the exhausted Davies King must come to terms with failure and re-ignite ‘loyalty’. On the doorstep of bribery, corruption and kidnap, the detective recognises an emerging catastrophe which is likely to destroy the foundations of an Anglo-American agreement and destroy that special relationship.
But loyalty is the last stand and it’s beyond his control.
Review:
Another epic page turner from the pen of Paul Anthony. He grabs you on page one and won't let you go until the end. A great plot from a formidable crime writer.....
Pauline Livingstone, Editor and Book Critic.
Review:
An absolutely brilliant read by a great author, keeps you on the edge of your seat thoroughly enjoyable.
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