Batsu

by Richard V. Frankland

What do you do when you are hunted run and hide or, like the leopard, turn and hunt the hunters As his family struggles to cope with the aftermath of their kidnapping, Ian Vaughan s worst fears are realised when news reaches him of the release of two terrorists intent on revenge against him and the powers that thwarted their anti-imperialist ambitions. Faced with the prospects of a normal life disappearing fast and his marriage disintegrating within the confinement of a safe house, Vaughan chooses to emerge from hiding, but then the terrorists succeed in a daring attack to free their leader. When fresh terrorist outrages are committed Ian Vaughan finds himself becoming inexorably embroiled in a deadly game of sleuthing and survival; for when the body bags begin to fill before the clues can be pieced together, even the professionals are playing catch-up.

376 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2012

About the author

His early career in the construction industry took Richard V. Frankland abroad to Zambia and Jordan. Returning to England, he worked for a Japanese trading house administering civil and industrial engineering projects.


In early retirement he read for a Masters degree in Maritime Studies before being encouraged to complete his first novel, A Cast of Hawks, which he had started some years earlier.


Apart from writing, Richard gives talks on maritime and local history, occasionally finding time for sailing and watercolour painting.