Gerald Seymour was a reporter at ITN for fifteen years, where his first assignment was covering the Great Train Robbery in 1963. He later covered events in Vietnam, Borneo, Aden, Israel, and Northern Ireland. Seymour was on the streets of Londonderry on the afternoon of Bloody Sunday, and was a witness to the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. Seymour's first novel was the acclaimed thriller Harry's Game, set in Belfast, which became an instant international bestseller and later a television series. Six of Seymour's thrillers have now been filmed for television in the UK and United States.
READER BIO
Ralph Cosham, a narrator with dozens of fine performances of
British classics including The Wind in the Willows and The Time
Machine, also records as Geoffrey Howard, whose long audiography of
titles includes works by C.S. Lewis. Ralph, as Cosham or Howard,
has performed more than 100 audiobooks while keeping an active
stage career in regional theater. Changing careers from British
journalist to actor in the 1970s, Ralph has been recording for
nearly 15 years.
A 2011 Book of the Year. ""A vividly drawn ensemble of spooks,
terrorists and civilians."" - Sunday Times (UK)
""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
""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 Times Book Review
""[Seymour] isn't just abreast of the headlines, [but] ahead of
them."" - The Washington Post
""Seymour may be the best spy novelist ever."" - Philadelphia
Inquirer
""In a class of his own."" - The London Times (UK)
""Picking up a novel by Gerald Seymour is like taking a deep breath
of fresh air... When readers get to the nailbiting climax,
involving an agonising wait for airborne rescue, they may be
wondering why they should bother with any other thriller writer.""
- Independent (UK)
""With Seymour, not only do you get a cracking story deftly told,
but you also feel you are learning something."" - Birmingham Press
(UK)
""Great storytelling... You just have to read this novel as it is
absolutely gripping."" - Eurocrime
""Mr Seymour is...on form... The tradecraft of silent watching and
the discomfort, thirst and increasing claustrophobia of the hideout
are brought very much to life...the grim landscape of the border
region and the harsh lives of its inhabitants are skilfully
evoked."" - The Economist (Australia)
""Gerald Seymour is the grand-master of the contemporary thriller
and Deniable Death is his greatest work yet. Gripping, revealing
and meticulously researched, this is a page-turning masterpiece
that will literally leave you breathless."" - Major Chris Hunter,
author of Extreme Risk
""A vividly drawn ensemble of spokes, terrorists and civilians."" -
John Dugdale
Veteran thriller writer Seymour's outstanding 26th novel chronicles a British "interdiction" mission in contemporary Iraq and Iran. MI6 agent Len Gibbons assembles a team charged with the "deniable" assassination of "the Engineer," an Iranian bomb maker whose handiwork ("improvised explosive devices" and "explosive force devices") is killing U.S. and British soldiers on the Iraqi border. That team includes covert operatives Joe "Foxy" Foulkes and Danny "Badger" Baxter, who undergo an excruciating ordeal in a covert hideout near the Engineer's home. Seymour (Harry's Game) is strong on the details of surveillance and spycraft, but on even surer ground with his characters as he focuses on Gibbons's stoic dedication, Badger's ruthless single-mindedness, and Foxy's prideful professionalism. Even the Engineer comes across as a human being, thanks to a complex subplot about getting his wife to the West for cancer treatment. Once the narrative gains momentum, it's hard to put this one down. Agent: Jason Bartholomew, Hodder & Stoughton. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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