Tom Cain’s novel The Accident Man [ISBN 978 0 552 15535 9] is one of those quite-can’t-believe-it spy/adventure thrillers that are such a good read that you are willing to suspend your disbelief. The plot is probably not entirely believable, but is yet technically OK – many twists and turns and not a bad ending – but it is the fast-paced narrative that really makes this a winner. Its certainly not the linking to a famous royal death which is rightly downplayed.
Tom Cain’s novel The Accident Man [ISBN 978 0 552 15535 9] is one of those quite-can’t-believe-it spy/adventure thrillers that are such a good read that you are willing to suspend your disbelief. The plot is probably not entirely believable, but is yet technically OK – many twists and turns and not a bad ending – but it is the fast-paced narrative that really makes this a winner. Its certainly not the linking to a famous royal death which is rightly downplayed.
Samuel Carver, ex-marine and now gun for hire, takes on a hit in Paris – and then finds out how important his target was(not a terrorist as they had said, but a royal) – and that those who hired him had also hired others to finish him off afterwards. Trying to evade their capture he joins up with one of his pursuers – an attractive Russian- and together they try to track down the people behind his mission. This turns out to be a convoluted affair where nobody can be trusted.
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