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Peter Ashton #7
Dead Reckoning
A victim of brutal mass murder is discovered to have been using the identity of SIS agent Peter Ashton's wife. It quickly becomes clear that someone has breached the top secret SIS personnel files and that an all-too-deadly game is being played out. With every lead ending in a dead end and dead body, time is running out for Peter Ashton and his deadliest adversary is one step ahead.
320 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Clive Egleton
59 books7 followersClive (Frederick William) Egleton was a British author of spy novels.
He enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1945 to train as a tank driver while still underage. He was subsequently commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment for whom he served in India, Hong Kong, Germany, Egypt, Cyprus, The Persian Gulf and East Africa. He retired in 1975 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
His novel Seven Days to a Killing was filmed as The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine. Escape to Athena is a novelization of the 1979 movie of the same name.
He enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1945 to train as a tank driver while still underage. He was subsequently commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment for whom he served in India, Hong Kong, Germany, Egypt, Cyprus, The Persian Gulf and East Africa. He retired in 1975 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
His novel Seven Days to a Killing was filmed as The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine. Escape to Athena is a novelization of the 1979 movie of the same name.
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