Warning Shot

Peter Ashton #5

by Clive Egleton

"As in all Egleton books, the plotting is careful, the action constant but never heavy-breathing, the characters low-key and believable." - NEW YORK TIMES "Thriller veteran Egleton is engagingly knowledgeable and has a knack for pacing." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'Another outstanding espionage thriller from one of the masters of the genre.' - BOOKLIST The explosion that rips through the English bookshop in Berlin is no accident. Peter Ashton is called urgently back into the Intelligence fold to investigate the outrage and the Islamic fundamentalists who committed it. The search for the terrorists, whose ultimate aim is to drive the Israelis from the Middle East, leads from Berlin to Russia and on to Marseilles. But in the end, their major target lies in the American mid-west and their principal allies are a group of disparate Americans.

Genres: Fiction

544 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Clive (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.

Reviews

[Philip · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the style of Le Carre. A few too many characters, protagonist not well developed, moves quickly, good on intelligence/counterespionage.