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George Eccles, writing as G W Eccles, graduated from the London School of Economics with a law degree and subsequently became a partner in one of the major international financial advisory firms.

In 1994, Eccles left London to move to Russia and Central Asia during the tumultuous period that followed the breakup of the Soviet Union. His work involved extensive travel throughout Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan - often to places with restricted access to foreigners. During his time there, he advised a number of real-life oligarchs how best to take advantage of the opportunities that became available as regulation crumbled and government became increasingly corrupt. Against this background, while his novels are fiction, many of ...more

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UK Novel Writing Competition

Both THE OLIGARCH and CORRUPTION OF POWER have made it through to the second round of the prestigious UK Novel Writing Competition

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Published on March 11, 2017 23:35 • Tags: competition, leksin, russia, thriller

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Polls

January/February 2013 Group Read

Jet/Russell Blake

48 votes, 14.0%

The Racketeer/John Grisham

39 votes, 11.4%

The Likeness/ Tana French

31 votes, 9.0%

The Hard Way/Lee Child

31 votes, 9.0%

Defending Jacob/William Landay

24 votes, 7.0%

Basket Case/Carl Hiaasen

16 votes, 4.7%

Case Histories/Kate Atkinson

15 votes, 4.4%

Kill Shot/Vince Flynn

12 votes, 3.5%

A Child is Torn “Innocence Lost”/Dawn Kopman Whidden

11 votes, 3.2%

The Charm School/Nelson DeMille

10 votes, 2.9%

Creep/Jennifer Hillier

9 votes, 2.6%

Rivers of London/Ben Aaronovitch

9 votes, 2.6%

Death at Bishop's Keep/Robin Paige

8 votes, 2.3%

The Charter/Gillian Hamer

8 votes, 2.3%

A Deeper Darkness/J.T. Ellison

8 votes, 2.3%

Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven't Killed Yet/Ryan Bracha

8 votes, 2.3%

Cop Hater/Ed McBain

8 votes, 2.3%

Quite Ugly One Morning/Christopher Brookmyre

7 votes, 2.0%

Fear Collector/Gregg Olsen

7 votes, 2.0%

Hunter: Intrepid 2/Chris Allen

6 votes, 1.7%

The Return of Captain John Emmett/Elizabeth Speller

5 votes, 1.5%

Viral/James Lilliefors

5 votes, 1.5%

Missing: Presumed Dead /Hawkins James

3 votes, 0.9%

The Barbed-Wire Kiss: A Novel/Wallace Stroby

3 votes, 0.9%

The Fix/Keith Nixon

3 votes, 0.9%

Memoria. A Corporation of Lies/Alex Bobl

3 votes, 0.9%

In Her Shadow/August McLaughlin

2 votes, 0.6%

Quiet Ops/Bob Burton

1 vote, 0.3%

Green Power/Charles Vrooman

1 vote, 0.3%

Candlemoth/R.J. Ellory

1 vote, 0.3%

Coming Home/Roy E. Stolworthy

1 vote, 0.3%

Brass Knuckles Larry Matthews

0 votes, 0.0%

The Oligarch: A Thriller/G.W. Eccles

0 votes, 0.0%

Fallout /Karla Forbes

0 votes, 0.0%

Line in the Sand/C Isaac

0 votes, 0.0%

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topics	posts	views	last activity
Thrillers & Chill...: The Oligarch Blog Tour	1	4	Oct 02, 2012 07:42AM
The Mystery, Crim...: Poll Open - Jan/Feb 2013 Group Reads	59	756	Jan 04, 2013 08:39PM
Books, Blogs, Aut...: Publication day for Corruption of Power	1	2	Dec 14, 2015 07:28AM
Anything Goes: Peach Publishing publish second Leksin thriller CORRUPTION OF POWER	1	1	Dec 14, 2015 07:50AM
The Mystery, Crim...: Looking for reviewers for my new thriller	4	25	Jan 02, 2016 10:31AM
The Life of a Boo...: Peach Publishing publish second in Leksin thriller series, CORRUPTION OF POWER	2	8	Jan 09, 2016 02:47PM
Goodreads Authors...: Looking for reviewers to post on Goodreads & Amazon	1	16	Jan 10, 2016 03:54AM
UK Book Club: LOOKING FOR REVIEWERS for my new thriller, Corruption of Power	3	11	Jan 21, 2016 01:50PM
Goodreads Authors...: Fantastic critical response to new political thriller	1	1	Mar 10, 2016 07:42AM
Goodreads Authors...: Fantastic critical response for new political thriller	1	3	Mar 10, 2016 07:44AM

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