A Line in the Sand by Gerald Seymour [ISBN 978 0 552 15878 7] is so well written it should have won a prize instead of the many tedious books that do win. Why ? It’s a strong story line, with a brilliant narrative that makes the reader keep on reading to find out what will happen – and cleverly set up so the reader’s sympathy swings from side to side, whatever the starting point. Characters develop well over the book , and our hero has more warts than most by the time the book ends.
A Line in the Sand by Gerald Seymour [ISBN 978 0 552 15878 7] is so well written it should have won a prize instead of the many tedious books that do win. Why ? It’s a strong story line, with a brilliant narrative that makes the reader keep on reading to find out what will happen – and cleverly set up so the reader’s sympathy swings from side to side, whatever the starting point. Characters develop well over the book , and our hero has more warts than most by the time the book ends.
Frank Perry has already been given a new name and identity but still his undercover work for the government in Iran, and there is an assassin wanting to track him down now it appears his identity has been blown, He lives a new life in Suffolk with his partner and her son, and surrounded by friends and refuses to be uprooted again, so the secret service has to protect him in situ, and the neighbours are not happy about it. The assassin ,called the Anvil, gets nearer, but will he succeed ?
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