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Peter Ashton #10
Cry Havoc
SIS agent Peter Ashton, currently the department head for the Eastern European desk, finds himself facing the touchiest - and most dangerous situation of his career as the SIS itself comes under siege from persons or groups unknown. Someone who is clearly ferreting out some of the most closely held secrets of the intelligence agency and using them to make some not-so-veiled threats.
At the same time, Jill Sheridan, one of the most senior SIS people, is off in Florida, trying to stay well out of the way while her lover's wife involves her in a very nasty, very public divorce. While there, however, she is compromised and finds herself being blackmailed by an Islamic terrorist group.
When a large quantity of an illicit chemical agent turns up in rather unlikely place, it falls to Ashton to evaluate these three very disparate turns of event. Somehow, these seemingly unrelated but troubling events are all part of the same careful, complex and very deadly plot - one that threatens the highest reaches of England's security service. With few leads and very little time, Peter Ashton must uncover and neutralize his most deadly enemy to date.
At the same time, Jill Sheridan, one of the most senior SIS people, is off in Florida, trying to stay well out of the way while her lover's wife involves her in a very nasty, very public divorce. While there, however, she is compromised and finds herself being blackmailed by an Islamic terrorist group.
When a large quantity of an illicit chemical agent turns up in rather unlikely place, it falls to Ashton to evaluate these three very disparate turns of event. Somehow, these seemingly unrelated but troubling events are all part of the same careful, complex and very deadly plot - one that threatens the highest reaches of England's security service. With few leads and very little time, Peter Ashton must uncover and neutralize his most deadly enemy to date.
352 pages, Hardcover
Published August 8, 2003
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About the author
Clive Egleton
66 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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June 22, 2017
It was interesting reading. It's a story that discussed Secret Service involvement with corruption in both England & the USA. It opens with the discussion of the death of one of their employees-labeled suicide, but questioned. And leads up to how the private life of the Director General caused national disasters/violence. A group labeled possibly Hezbollah, but with uncertainty - begins attacking immorality/substance. It blew up a bar; and then entered also with a Ruger Semi automatic to shoot people as well. It calls the DG to discuss her affairs directly; and she is later mugged. Her ribs are damaged on the left side & she is taken to a hospital. One incident occured in which a chemical/nerve agent was placed into 144 whiskey bottles that were stolen. When opened it killed many residents in a housing community. The book ends when they capture Islamic Fundamentalists about to set off a 38 ton "juggernaut" carrying long range rocket launchers & chemical munitions. The DG whose behavior caused it, was asked to resign. She was one of the 1st women to head the SS. But she was involved in alcohol usage and the making of a porn movie.
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